Kerry Walker is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, studying the neural mechanisms of auditory perception. Her research focuses on understanding how the coordinated activity of neural populations in human and animal brains lead to representations of pitch, rhythm, location, and other features of sound.
TIMESTAMPS
(00:30) – Why we perceive sound
(02:43) – Subjective perception of sound
(07:43) – How sound is processed
(11:17) – Sound localisation
(13:34) – Shape of animal ears
(15:04) – Hearing range
(16:39) – Hearing and speaking
(17:31) – Pitch perception
(22:20) – Studying auditory perception in the lab
(32:52) – Kerry’s scientific journey
(38:05) – Music
(44:46) – Cochlear implant
(49:13) – Neuralink
(53:47) – Common mechanism underlying all senses
(57:01) – Advice for young scientists
