Research Interests
Language development, word recognition, eye tracking, cognitive control, music perception.
Featured Publications
Creel, S. C., & Bregman, M. R. (2011). How Talker Identity Relates to Language Processing. Language and Linguistics Compass, 5(5), 190-204.
Creel, S. C. (2011). Specific previous experience affects perception of harmony and meter. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. (available on-line)
Creel, S. C., & Tumlin, M. A. (2011). On-line acoustic and semantic interpretation of talker information. Journal of Memory and Language. Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/j.jml.2011.06.005 (available on-line)
Selected Publications
Creel, S. C., & Dahan, D. (2010). The influence of the temporal structure of spoken words on paired-associate learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36, 110-122.
Creel, S. C., Aslin, R. N., & Tanenhaus, M. K. (In press). Word learning under adverse listening conditions: Context-specific recognition. Language and Cognitive Processes. [available online]
Creel, S. C., & Tumlin, M. A. (2012). On-line recognition of music is influenced by relative and absolute pitch information. Cognitive Science, 36, 261-285.
Creel, S. C. (2012). Looking ahead: Comment on Morgante, Zolfaghari, and Johnson. Infancy, 17(2), 141-158.
Jiménez, S. J., & Creel, S. C. (2012). Factors affecting talker recognition in preschoolers and adults. Proceedings of the 36th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development.
Bregman, M. R., & Creel, S. C. (2012). Learning to recognize unfamiliar voices: the role of language familiarity and music experience. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society conference.
Pająk, B., Creel, S. C., & Levy, R. (2012). Can native-language perceptual bias facilitate learning words in a new language? To appear in Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society conference.
Quam, C., & Creel, S. C. (2012). What's in a rise? Effects of language experience on interpretation of lexical tone. Proceedings of the 36th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development.
