Claude Alain, University of Toronto

Research

Aging Cognition Electrophysiology Sensory Processing Auditory Processing Eeg Mild Cognitive Impairment

Latest papers

The Effect of the Temporal Position of a Gap on Its Automatic Detection.
The European journal of neuroscience · 2026
Enhanced Contour-Deviant Mismatch Negativity and Mnemonic Representations in Older Musicians.
The European journal of neuroscience · 2026 · senior author
When Melodies Cue Memories: Electrophysiological Correlates of Autobiographically Salient Music Listening in Older Adults.
GeroScience · 2026 · senior author

All 162 publications

Latest funding

The Cognitive Cost of Hearing Loss: Neural and Behavioural Evidence from Older Adults
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Neural adaptations to new cochlear implants: A Longitudinal electroencephalogram study
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Linking Age-Related Hyper-Excitability in Sensory Cortex to Cognitive Aging
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$646,426

All 20 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 162 publications.

01

The Effect of the Temporal Position of a Gap on Its Automatic Detection.

Omidvar S, Campbell K, Alain C, Aiken S, Koravand A

The European journal of neuroscience2026

DOI: 10.1111/ejn.70585 PMID: 42310868

02

Enhanced Contour-Deviant Mismatch Negativity and Mnemonic Representations in Older Musicians.

Bugos JA, Chow R, Mo S, Rosenbaum RS, Alain C

The European journal of neuroscience2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/ejn.70576 PMID: 42304167

03

When Melodies Cue Memories: Electrophysiological Correlates of Autobiographically Salient Music Listening in Older Adults.

Vuong V, O'Neil MJ, Dimitrijevic A, Buchsbaum BR, Thaut MH, Alain C

GeroScience2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-01860-x PMID: 41055885

04

Effects of gap onset time and gap duration on the deviant-related negativity in typically developing school-age children.

Omidvar S, Campbell K, Aiken S, Alain C, Koravand A

Hearing research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2026.109787 PMID: 42735457

05

Effects of age and musical training on resting-state periodic oscillatory brain activity.

Guo S, Li N, Wang L, Qiu C, Chen Y, Yin Y, Yang H, Alain C, Lu J, Yao D

GeroScience2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-01862-9 PMID: 40932579

06

Functional Dissociation of Mismatch Negativity From Late Discriminative Negativity Across the Adult Lifespan.

Chow R, Bugos JA, Alain C, Rosenbaum RS

The European journal of neuroscience2026

DOI: 10.1111/ejn.70515 PMID: 42132432

07

Neural features underlying high-accuracy classification of amnestic mild cognitive impairment using multi-sensory-evoked potentials.

Zhang L, Binns M, Chow R, Rabi R, Anderson ND, Lu J, Freedman M, Alain C

GeroScience2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-01799-z PMID: 40696071

08

Different Reliance on Sensory Reinstatement and Internally Transformed Representations during Vivid Retrieval of Visual and Auditory Episodes.

Zhang 张磊 L, Alain C, Buchsbaum BR

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2026

DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1576-25.2026 PMID: 41633834

09

Neural signatures of stream segregation from childhood to adulthood.

Benocci E, Alain C, Calcus A

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-38602-8 PMID: 41691053

10

Electrophysiological Assessment of Semantic Processing of Cochlear Implant Users Using an Audiobook.

Mo S, Alain C, Li KE, Dimitrijevic A

Trends in hearing2026

DOI: 10.1177/23312165261439202 PMID: 42042598

The Cognitive Cost of Hearing Loss: Neural and Behavioural Evidence from Older Adults

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Jani, Sara

Keywords: Age-Related Hearing Loss; Aging; Auditory Cognition; Cognitive Aging; Cognitive Function; Electroencephalography; Speech Processing

$120,000

Neural adaptations to new cochlear implants: A Longitudinal electroencephalogram study

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Mo, Shimin

Keywords: Attention; Cochlear Implant; Electroencephalogram; Listening In Noise; Naturalistic Stimuli; Neural Plasticity; Speech Neural Tracking

$120,000

Linking Age-Related Hyper-Excitability in Sensory Cortex to Cognitive Aging

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Alain, Claude

Keywords: Aging; Cognition; Electrophysiology; Sensory Processing

$646,426

Leveraging Advances in Human Electrophysiology in Identifying Mild Cognitive Impairment Subtypes

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Alain, Claude

Keywords: Aging; Auditory Processing; Cognition; Eeg; Mild Cognitive Impairment

$378,676

Objective Measures of Real-World Cochlear Implant Outcome Using Psychoacoustics and Electrophysiology

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dimitrijevic, Andrew

Keywords: Biomakers; Cochlear Implants; Hearing; Quality Of Life; Speech Perception

$619,650

Attention and Auditory Scene Analysis

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Alain, Claude

$220,000

A new laboratory to study brain dynamics of soundscape in virtual environment

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Alain, Claude

$42,000

Short-term Cognitive Effects of Hearing Aids and Personal Sound Amplification Products in Older Adults with Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss: A Longitudinal Comparative Study

SupervisorCIHR2020Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Perron, Maxime

Keywords: Aging; Brain Plasticity; Cognition; Electroencephalography; Hearing Aids; Hearing Loss; Personal Sound Amplification Products

$105,000

Understanding the brain mechanisms that regulate attention to auditory memory

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Alain, Claude

$255,000

Individual differences in autobiographical memory: cognitive, behavioural, and neural correlates and their relationship to aging

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Levine, Brian T

Keywords: Aging; Functional Mri; Human Memory; Neuropsychology; Structural Mri

$760,680

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Rotman Research Institute
Biostatistics Division
Rehabilitation Sciences
Psychology
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Speech Pathology
Réadaptation
Other

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Morris Moscovitch

Rotman Research Institute

7 shared papers, latest 2025

Malcolm Binns

Biostatistics Division

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Amineh Koravand

Rehabilitation Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Stephen Strother

Rotman Research Institute

2 shared papers, latest 2018

Monika Molnar

Speech Pathology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Robert Chen

Medicine/Neurology

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Brian Levine

Rotman Research Institute

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Pascale Tremblay

Réadaptation

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Heather McNeely

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

1 shared papers, latest 2008

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Aging Dear Professor Alain, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The Effect of the Temporal Position of a Gap on Its Automatic Detection." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Linking Age-Related Hyper-Excitability in Sensory Cortex to Cognitive Aging" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Claude Alain

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The Effect of the Temporal Position of a Gap on Its Automatic Detection.

Enhanced Contour-Deviant Mismatch Negativity and Mnemonic Representations in Older Musicians.

When Melodies Cue Memories: Electrophysiological Correlates of Autobiographically Salient Music Listening&#xa0;in Older Adults.

Effects of gap onset time and gap duration on the deviant-related negativity in typically developing school-age children.

Effects of age and musical training on resting-state periodic oscillatory brain activity.

Functional Dissociation of Mismatch Negativity From Late Discriminative Negativity Across the Adult Lifespan.

Neural features underlying high-accuracy classification of amnestic mild cognitive impairment using multi-sensory-evoked potentials.

Different Reliance on Sensory Reinstatement and Internally Transformed Representations during Vivid Retrieval of Visual and Auditory Episodes.

Neural signatures of stream segregation from childhood to adulthood.

Electrophysiological Assessment of Semantic Processing of Cochlear Implant Users Using an Audiobook.

The Cognitive Cost of Hearing Loss: Neural and Behavioural Evidence from Older Adults

Neural adaptations to new cochlear implants: A Longitudinal electroencephalogram study

Linking Age-Related Hyper-Excitability in Sensory Cortex to Cognitive Aging

Leveraging Advances in Human Electrophysiology in Identifying Mild Cognitive Impairment Subtypes

Objective Measures of Real-World Cochlear Implant Outcome Using Psychoacoustics and Electrophysiology

Attention and Auditory Scene Analysis

A new laboratory to study brain dynamics of soundscape in virtual environment

Short-term Cognitive Effects of Hearing Aids and Personal Sound Amplification Products in Older Adults with Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss: A Longitudinal Comparative Study

Understanding the brain mechanisms that regulate attention to auditory memory

Individual differences in autobiographical memory: cognitive, behavioural, and neural correlates and their relationship to aging

Frequent collaborators

Bernhard Ross

Andrew Dimitrijevic

Morris Moscovitch

Michael Thaut

Malcolm Binns

Amineh Koravand

Bruce Schneider

Stephen Strother

Simon Graham

Cheryl Grady

Monika Molnar

Kim Edelstein

Robert Chen

Brian Levine

Melissa Holmes

Asaf Gilboa

Pascale Tremblay

Heather McNeely

When Melodies Cue Memories: Electrophysiological Correlates of Autobiographically Salient Music Listening in Older Adults.