ESP Biography

KAMERON CLAYTON, Phd Student at Harvard/MIT in Speech and Hearing

Major: Harvard/MIT Program in Speech an

College/Employer: Harvard/MIT Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology

Year of Graduation: G

Brief Biographical Sketch:

Kameron studies auditory neuroscience. His initial interest in how we hear emerged from sitting in an orchestra playing the tuba and pondering how music and musical training affect our brains. Nowadays, Kameron can be found using pscychoacoustics and neuroscience at to study how humans can make sense of crowded listening environments (such as at a party) at Boston University, and more recently at Harvard and MIT.

Past Classes

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S9824: Making Sense of Sound: The Auditory Brain in Splash 2015 (Nov. 21 - 22, 2015)

In this class, we’ll talk about how our brains allow us to make sense of the sounds around us. How do we tell which direction a bear is coming from in the woods so we know which way to run? How can you tune in to specific conversations and ignore others at a loud party? Do specific neurons in the brain respond to specific sounds? Can experience and training change how we hear? Lastly, we’ll discuss how hearing is necessary for speech, and the crazy consequences of messing with our auditory feedback.