Kaja Benz

Research

Postdoctoral Researcher. ERC fellow 2026-2028

Keywords: Electrophysiology, M/EEG analysis, Open Science, Ocular/Neural Speech Tracking, Audiovisual Speech, Bilingualism, Developmental Dyslexia, Sensory Loss

Research group: Educational Neuroscience and Developmental Disorders

k.benz@bcbl.eu

+34 943 309 300

Publications

2026

Demarchi, G., Hartmann, T., Hauswald, A., Schubert, J., Reisinger, L., Topalidis, P., Benz, K., Schmidt, F., Gehmacher, Q., & Weisz, N. (2026). Reply to: “No evidence of neural feature-specific pre-activation during the prediction of an upcoming stimulus”. Nature Communications, 17(1). Doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73567-2

2025

Benz, K.R., Hauswald, A., Suess, N., Gehmacher, Q., Demarchi, G., Schmidt, F., Herzog, G., Rösch, S., & Weisz, N. (2025). Eye Movements in Silent Visual Speech Track Unheard Acoustic Signals and Relate to Hearing Experience. Eneuro, 12(4). Doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0055-25.2025

Benz, K.R., Hauswald, A., & Weisz, N. (2025). Influence of visual analogue of speech envelope, formants, and word onsets on word recognition is not pronounced. Hearing Research, 460. Doi:10.1016/j.heares.2025.109237

2024

Hauswald, A., Benz, K.R., Hartmann, T., Demarchi, G., & Weisz, N. (2024). Carrier-frequency specific omission-related neural activity in ordered sound sequences is independent of omission-predictability. European Journal of Neuroscience, 60(1), 3812-3820. Doi:10.1111/ejn.16381

2023

Reisinger, L., Schmidt, F., Benz, K., Vignali, L., Roesch, S., Kronbichler, M., & Weisz, N. (2023). Ageing as risk factor for tinnitus and its complex interplay with hearing loss—evidence from online and NHANES data. BMC Medicine, 21(1). Doi:10.1186/s12916-023-02998-1