معرفی
Andrey Anikin is an Associate Professor and Researcher in Cognitive Science at the Department of Philosophy, Lund University. His work focuses on vocal communication and emotions, exploring how the voice conveys information beyond linguistic codes through nonverbal vocalizations and acoustic phenomena.
Research Interests
Dr. Anikin investigates how vocal qualities like roughness, laughter, and screams convey emotional and social information. His research takes a cognitive and biological approach, examining sensory biases and auditory attention in vocal communication. His work aims to illuminate the evolutionary origins and universal features of vocal communication across human cultures and animal species. Key areas include emotion perception, nonverbal vocalizations, acoustic analysis, and vocal communication systems.
Research Output Trends
Dr. Anikin's recent publications (2025) demonstrate a strong focus on acoustic properties of vocalizations across species. His work bridges biology, psychology, and acoustics with methodological innovations in analyzing nonlinear phenomena, voice roughness, and formant structures. His research shows increasing interdisciplinary collaboration, particularly with zoologists and signal processing experts, while maintaining a core focus on the cognitive mechanisms underlying vocal communication.
Research Projects
- What makes baby cries impossible to ignore? (2024-2026): Funded by the Swedish Research Council, this active project investigates the sensory mechanisms behind infant cry perception.
- Sensory biases in nonverbal communication (2021-2023): A completed project funded by the Swedish Research Council that examined how sensory systems shape nonverbal communication.
Research Environment
Dr. Anikin is affiliated with the Cognitive Zoology Group and the Lund University Cognitive Science (LUCS) program. He contributes to the LU Profile Area: Natural and Artificial Cognition. His work connects with the UN Sustainable Development Goals through interdisciplinary research on communication and cognition, with implications for understanding human well-being and social interaction.
