Do you like the sound of your own voice? Would you listen to it in a video game, an audiobook, or a text-to-speech application? For many, the answer is “no”, particularly as our voice sounds jarringly different in recordings compared to how it sounds in our head.

Yet, Dr Neil Kirk's recent work suggests that our brains are highly biased towards our own voice, such that it captures our attention and becomes prioritised in cognition. Encouragingly, this research also shows that our brains can adapt to a new voice, allowing us to incorporate an externally-produced voice as being “ours” - and investigates the ways we can boost this effect.

In this webinar Neil outlines how he's created tasks investigating vocal self-biases on Gorilla. He'll also explore the implications this might have for AI-assisted voice technology.

Expert Panel

Dr Neil Kirk

Reader in Cognitive and MIND Psychology, Abertay University

Dr Johanna Tomczak

Research Specialist, Gorilla Experiment Builder