Pre-attentive speech signal processing with adaptive routing for emotion recognition

📝 Abstract

This paper proposes a pre-attentive speech signal processing framework with adaptive routing for emotion recognition. The work examines how pre-attentive processing mechanisms — operating below the threshold of conscious attention — influence the perception of acoustic features such as pitch, energy, and spectral shape that are critical for emotional interpretation. An adaptive routing mechanism dynamically directs signal processing pathways based on the emotional salience of input features, enabling more robust and efficient recognition. The findings have implications for intuitive interface design and human-computer interaction systems that align with natural human cognition.

📋 BibTeX Citation

@article{zhang2026preattentive,
  title     = {Pre-attentive speech signal processing with adaptive 
               routing for emotion recognition},
  author    = {Zhang, H. and Pang, Z. and Zhao, Puyang and Tang, G. 
               and Shen, L. and Wang, G.},
  journal   = {Biomedical Signal Processing and Control},
  volume    = {112},
  pages     = {108782},
  year      = {2026},
  month     = {jan},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  url       = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1746809425012935}
}

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