@article{10a3b24d907c4b5398428f03e52d92d0,
title = "The Lombard Effect: From Acoustics to Neural Mechanisms",
abstract = "Understanding the neural underpinnings of vocal–motor control in humans and other animals remains a major challenge in neurobiology. The Lombard effect – a rise in call amplitude in response to background noise – has been demonstrated in a wide range of vertebrates. Here, we review both behavioral and neurophysiological data and propose that the Lombard effect is driven by a subcortical neural network, which can be modulated by cortical processes. The proposed framework offers mechanistic explanations for two fundamental features of the Lombard effect: its widespread taxonomic distribution across the vertebrate phylogenetic tree and the widely observed variations in compensation magnitude. We highlight the Lombard effect as a model behavioral paradigm for unraveling some of the neural underpinnings of audiovocal integration.",
keywords = "acoustic communication, ambient noise, audiovocal integration, cognitive networks, subcortical circuits, vocal motor control",
author = "Jinhong Luo and Hage, {Steffen R.} and Moss, {Cynthia F.}",
note = "Funding Information: We wish to acknowledge the following grants, which supported research in the laboratory and the preparation of this article: Human Frontiers Science Program Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellowship to JL LT000279/2016-L ; Grants to CFM: Human Frontiers Science Program RGP0040 ; ONR N00014-17-1-2736 ; AFOSR FA9550-14-1-0398 , and NSF Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience IOS1460149 and NSF NCS-FO 1734744 ; Grants to SRH: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Excellence Initiative EXC 307 (the Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) at the Eberhard Karls University of T{\"u}bingen is an Excellence Cluster funded by the DFG) and Grant HA5400/3-1 . Funding Information: We wish to acknowledge the following grants, which supported research in the laboratory and the preparation of this article: Human Frontiers Science Program Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellowship to JL LT000279/2016-L; Grants to CFM: Human Frontiers Science ProgramRGP0040; ONR N00014-17-1-2736; AFOSRFA9550-14-1-0398, and NSF Collaborative Research in Computational NeuroscienceIOS1460149 and NSF NCS-FO1734744; Grants to SRH: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Excellence Initiative EXC 307 (the Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) at the Eberhard Karls University of T{\"u}bingen is an Excellence Cluster funded by the DFG) and Grant HA5400/3-1. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2018",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.tins.2018.07.011",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "41",
pages = "938--949",
journal = "Trends in Neurosciences",
issn = "0378-5912",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "12",
}