Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology

Adeilad Brigantia

Penrallt Road

Gwynedd LL57 2AS

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 1248 383488

Email: p.bestelmeyer@bangor.ac.uk

I teach a Year 3 module on "The Neuroscience of Hearing" and supervise under- and postgraduate research students related to projects on sound perception. I have specific interests in the perception of speaker identity, auditory emotion (voice, speech prosody or music) and regional accents.

In recent years I have focused on evaluating models of face and voice perception, particularly using adaptation techniques. My main interests concentrate on the investigation of the neuroanatomical (fMRI, TMS) and temporal (EEG) underpinnings of the perception of paralinguistic aspects of voice such as affect as well as other socially important attributes with the aim to advance cognitive models in the field of voice perception.

Dr Patricia Bestelmeyer is a member of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Bangor Imaging Unit

A research dedicated MRI and EEG facility in the Psychology department: http://biu.bangor.ac.uk/index.php.en

2024

• Accepted/In pressRegional accents: Spontaneous biases towards speakers who sound like us
  Bestelmeyer, P., 31 Aug 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Language and Social Psychology.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Accepted/In pressThe dissociating effects of fear and disgust on Multisensory Integration in Autism: Evidence from evoked potentials
  Stefanou, M.-E., Dundon, N. M., Bestelmeyer, P., Biscaldi, M., Smyrnis, N. & Klein, C., 18 Jul 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Frontiers in Neuroscience.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedNeural dissociation of the acoustic and cognitive representation of voice identity
  Bestelmeyer, P. & Mühl, C., Nov 2022, In: Neuroimage. 263, 119647.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedIndividual differences in voice adaptability are specifically linked to voice perception skill
  Bestelmeyer, P. & Mühl, C., May 2021, In: Cognition. 210, 104582.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedLate attentional processes potentially compensate for early perceptual multisensory integration deficits in children with autism: Evidence from evoked potentials
  Stefanou, M.-E., Dundon, N. M., Bestelmeyer, P., Ioannou, C., Bender, S., Biscaldi, M., Smyrnis, N. & Klein, C., 30 Sept 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 16157.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedAssessing susceptibility to distraction along the vocal processing hierarchy
  Muhl, C. & Bestelmeyer, P., 1 Jul 2019, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 72, 7, p. 1657-1666
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedElectro-cortical correlates of multisensory integration using ecologically valid emotional stimuli: Differential effects for fear and disgust
  Stefanou, M. E., Dundon, N., Bestelmeyer, P., Koldewyn, K., Saville, C., Fleischhaker, C., Feige, B., Biscaldi, M., Smyrnis, N. & Klein, C., Mar 2019, In: Biological Psychology. 142, p. 132-139
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedAdaptation to vocal expressions and phonemes is intact in autism spectrum disorder
  Bestelmeyer, P., Williams, B., Lawton, J., Stefanou, M.-E., Koldewyn, K., Klein, C. & Biscaldi, M., May 2018, In: Clinical Psychological Science. 6, 3, p. 372-381
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLinguistic “first impressions”: Accents as cue to person perception
  Bestelmeyer, P., 6 Dec 2018, The Oxford Handbook of Voice Perception. Frühholz , S. & Belin, P. (eds.). Oxford University Press
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedNeuromodulation of right auditory cortex selectively increases activation in speech-related brain areas in brainstem auditory agnosia
  Bestelmeyer, P. E. G., Davis, N. J., Poliva, O. & Rafal, R. D., 1 Sept 2018, In: Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology. 31, 3, p. 151-155
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedEffects of emotional valence and arousal on the voice perception network
  Bestelmeyer, P., Kotz, S. A. & Belin, P., 25 Apr 2017, In: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEffects of sexually dimorphic shape cues on neurophysiological correlates of women’s face processing
  Welling, L., Bestelmeyer, P., Jones, B., DeBruine, L. & Allan, K., Dec 2017, In: Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 3, 4, p. 337-350
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Bangor Voice Matching Test: A standardized test for the assessment of voice perception ability
  Muhl, C., Sheil, O., Jarutytė, L. & Bestelmeyer, P., Nov 2017, In: Behavior Research Methods. 2017, p. 1-9
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedDorsal and ventral pathways for prosody
  Sammler, D., Grosbras, M. H., Anwander, A., Bestelmeyer, P. E. & Belin, P., 5 Nov 2015, In: Current Biology. 25, 23, p. 3079-3085
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvidence for a supra-modal representation of emotion from cross-modal adaptation
  Pye, A. & Bestelmeyer, P. E., 12 Jan 2015, In: Cognition. 134, p. 245–251
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFunctional mapping of the human auditory cortex: fMRI investigation of a patient with auditory agnosia from trauma to the inferior colliculus
  Poliva, O., Bestelmeyer, P. E., Hall, M., Bultitude, J., Koller, K. & Rafal, R. D., 1 Jul 2015, In: Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology. 28, 3, p. 160-180
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe human voice areas: Spatial organisation and inter-individual variability in temporal and extra-temporal cortices
  Pernet, C. R., McAleer, P., Latinus, M., Gorgolewski, K. J., Charest, I., Bestelmeyer, P. E., Watson, R. H., Fleming, D., Crabbe, F., Valdes-Sosa, M. & Belin, P., 18 Jun 2015, In: Neuroimage. 119, 1, p. 164–174
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedA neural marker for social bias towards in-group accents
  Bestelmeyer, P. E., Belin, P. & Ladd, D. R., 1 Dec 2014, In: Cerebral Cortex.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAdaptation to vocal expressions reveals multistep perception of auditory emotion
  Bestelmeyer, P. E., Maurage, P., Rouger, J., Latinus, M. & Belin, P., 11 Jun 2014, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 34, 24, p. 8098-105
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSingle-subject analyses of magnetoencephalographic evoked responses to the acoustic properties of affective non-verbal vocalizations.
  Salvia, E., Bestelmeyer, P. E., Kotz, S. A., Rousselet, G. A., Pernet, C. R., Gross, J. & Belin, P., 22 Dec 2014, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 8
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedBinge drinking influences the cerebral processing of vocal affective bursts in young adults
  Maurage, P., Bestelmeyer, P. E., Rouger, J., Charest, I. & Belin, P., 29 Aug 2013, In: NeuroImage: Clinical. 3, p. 218-225
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNorm-based coding of voice identity in human auditory cortex
  Latinus, M., McAleer, P., Bestelmeyer, P. E. & Belin, P., 23 May 2013, In: Current Biology. 23, p. 1075-80
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedImplicitly perceived vocal attractiveness modulates prefrontal cortex activity
  Bestelmeyer, P. E., Latinus, M., Bruckert, L., Rouger, J., Crabbe, F. & Belin, P., 1 Jun 2012, In: Cerebral Cortex. 22, 6, p. 1263-1270
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSound-induced activity in voice-sensitive cortex predicts voice memory ability.
  Watson, R., Latinus, M., Bestelmeyer, P. E., Crabbe, F. & Belin, P., 2 Apr 2012, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 3, 89
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe visual P3a in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Effects of target and distractor stimuli on the P300
  Bestelmeyer, P. E., 15 May 2012, In: Psychiatry Research. 197, 1-2, p. 140-144
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedRight temporal TMS impairs voice detection
  Bestelmeyer, P. E., Belin, P. & Grosbras, M. H., 25 Oct 2011, In: Current Biology. 21, 20, p. R838-R839
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUnderstanding Voice Perception
  Belin, P., Bestelmeyer, P. E., Latinus, M. & Watson, R., 1 Nov 2011, In: British Journal of Psychology. 102, 4, p. 711-725
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedAdaptation to different mouth shapes influences visual perception of ambiguous lip speech
  Jones, B. C., Feinberg, D. R., Bestelmeyer, P. E., DeBruine, L. M. & Little, A. C., 1 Aug 2010, In: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 17, 4, p. 522-528
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAuditory adaptation in vocal affect perception
  Bestelmeyer, P. E., Rouger, J., DeBruine, L. M. & Belin, P., 1 Nov 2010, In: Cognition. 117, 2, p. 217-223
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvidence for a workspace model of working memory from semantic implicit processing in neglect
  Della Sala, S., van der Meulen, M., Bestelmeyer, P. E. & Logie, L. H., 1 Sept 2010, In: Journal of Neuropsychology. 4, 2, p. 147-166
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedVocal attractiveness increases by averaging
  Bruckert, L., Bestelmeyer, P. E., Latinus, M., Rouger, J., Charest, I., Rousselet, G. A., Kawahara, H. & Belin, P., 26 Jan 2010, In: Current Biology. 20, 2, p. 116-120
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedFace aftereffects suggest interdependent processing of expression and sex and of expression and race
  Bestelmeyer, P. E., Jones, B. C., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Schneider, A. W. & Conway, C. A., 19 Mar 2009, In: Visual Cognition. 18, 2, p. 255-274
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe P300 as a possible endophenotype for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Evidence from twin and patient studies
  Bestelmeyer, P. E., Phillips, L. H., Crombie, C., Benson, P. J. & St.Clair, D., 30 Oct 2009, In: Psychiatry Research. 169, 3, p. 212-219
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedView-contingent aftereffects suggest joint coding of face shape and view
  Welling, L. L., Jones, B. C., Bestelmeyer, P. E., DeBruine, L. M., Conway, C. A. & Little, A. C., 1 Jan 2009, In: Perception. 38, 1, p. 133-141
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedVisual scanning abnormalities as biomarker for schizophrenia
  Bestelmeyer, P. E. & Ritsner, M. S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, The Handbook of Neuropsychiatric Biomarkers: Endophenotypes and Genes: Volume I: Neuropsychological Endophenotypes and Biomarkers. 2009 ed. Springer, p. 221-226
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2007

• PublishedSex-contingent face aftereffects depend on perceptual category rather than structural encoding
  Bestelmeyer, P. E., Jones, B. C., DeBruine, L. M., Little, A. C., Perrett, D. I., Schneider, A., Welling, L. L. & Conway, C. A., 17 Sept 2007, In: Cognition. 107, 1, p. 353-365
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

• PublishedGlobal visual scanning abnormalities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
  Bestelmeyer, P. E., Tatler, B. W., Phillips, L. H., Fraser, G., Benson, P. J. & St.Clair, D., 1 Oct 2006, In: Schizophrenia Research. 87, 1-3, p. 212-222
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2004

• PublishedProcessing biases towards the preferred hand: valid and invalid cueing of left- versus right-hand movements
  Carey, D. P. & Bestelmeyer, P. E., 12 Apr 2004, In: Neuropsychologia. 42, 9, p. 1162-1167
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Qualifications

• BSc University of Aberdeen
• MRes University of Aberdeen
• PhD University of Aberdeen
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy FHEA Bangor University