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Contributed Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Wong, P.C.M., Warrier, C.M., Penhune, V.B., Roy, A.K., Sadehh, A., Parrish, T.B. & Zatorre, R.J. (2008). Volume of Left Heschl’s Gyrus and Linguistic Pitch Learning. Cerebral Cortex, 18, 828-836. DOI:10.1093/cercor/bhm115 [Media Coverage]

Wong, P.C.M., Skoe, E., Russo, N.M., Dees, T., & Kraus, N. (2007). Musical Experience Shapes Human Brainstem Encoding of Linguistic Pitch Patterns. Nature Neuroscience, 10, 420-422. [Media Coverage]

Margulis, E.H., Mlsna, L.M., Uppunda, A.K., Parrish, T.B. & Wong, P.C.M. Selective Neurophysiologic Responses to Music in Instrumentalists with Different Listening Biographies. (in press). Human Brain Mapping. First published December 10th, 2007, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20503.

Wong, P.C.M., Uppunda, A.K., Parrish, T.B. & Dhar, S. (in press). Cortical Mechanisms of Speech Perception in Noise. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

Song, J., Skoe, E., Wong, P.C.M. & Kraus, N. (in press). Plasticity in the adult human auditory brainstem following short-term linguistic training. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20131

Wong, P.C.M., Perrachione, T.K. & Parrish, T.B. (2007). Neural Characteristics of Successful and Less Successful Speech and Word Learning in Adults. Human Brain Mapping, 28 995-1006, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20330

Wong, P.C.M., &Perrachione, T.K. (2007). Learning pitch patterns in lexical identification by native English-speaking adults. Applied Psycholinguistics, 28, 565-585. DOI: 10.1017S0142716407070312

Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Changes in Speech Production in an Early Deafened Adult with a Cochlear Implant. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 42, 387-405.

Perrachione, T.K., & Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Learning to recognize speakers of a non-native language: Implications for the functional organization of human auditory cortex. Neuropsychologia, 45, 1899-1910.

Wong, P.C.M., Parsons, L.M., Martinez, M., & Diehl, R.L. (2004). The role of the insular cortex in pitch pattern perception: The effect of linguistic contexts. Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 9153-9160.

Wong, P.C.M., Nusbaum, H.C., & Small, S.L. (2004). Neural Bases of Talker Normalization. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16, 1173-1184.

Peach, R.K., & Wong, P.C.M. (2004). Integrating the Message Level into Treatment for Agrammatism Using Story Retelling. Aphasiology, 18, 429-441.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (2003). Perceptual normalization of inter- and intra-talker variation in Cantonese level tones. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 46, 413-421.

Wong, P.C.M. (2002). Hemispheric specialization of linguistic pitch patterns. Brain Research Bulletin, 59, 83-95.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (2002). How can the lyrics of a song in a tone language be understood? Psychology of Music, 30, 202-209.

Invited Papers & Conference Proceedings

Lee, J., Perrachione, T., Dees, T. & Wong, P.C.M. (2007) Differential effects of stimulus variability and learners’ pre-existing pitch perception ability in lexical tone learning by native English speakers. Proceedings of International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken.

Dees, T., Bradlow, A., Dhar, S. & Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Effects of Noise on Lexical Tone Perception by Native and Non-Native Listeners. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken. [Pre-print Forthcoming]

Perrachione T. & Wong, P.C.M (2007).Increased left-hemisphere contribution to native- versus foreign-language talker identification revealed by dichotic listening. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken.

Wong, P.C.M. (2006). Bilingualism and Aphasia, pp.12-16. In Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics Second Edition (K. Brown, editor-in-chief). Elsevier: Oxford

Wong, P.C.M., Lee, K.M., & Parrish, T.B. (2005). Neural bases of listening to speech in noise. Proceedings of Interspeech 2005- Eurospeech — 9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology.

Alexander, J., Wong, P.C.M., & Bradlow, A. (2005). Lexical tone perception in musicians and nonmusicians.Proceedings of Interspeech 2005 - Eurospeech — 9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology.

Wong, P.C.M. (2005). Neurophysiologic Correlates and Disorders of Lexical Tones. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders, 15 (2), 15-19.

Wong, P.C.M. (1999). The effect of downdrift in the production and perception of Cantonese level tone. Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, San Francisco, 3, 2395-2398.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). The effect of reduced tonal space in Parkinsonian speech on the perception of Cantonese tones. Proceedings of the 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 2nd Convention of the EAA, 4aSCba (1-4).

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). How Parkinson's Disease affects tone language and tells us about tone comprehension. Acoustical Society of America ASA/EAA/DAGA '99 Meeting Lay Language Papers.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1998). Effects of spectral distance on vowel perception. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Acoustics and the 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 2015-2016.

Conference Presentations

Roy, A.K., Margulis, E.H., Wong, P.C.M. (2008) Bimusicality: A dual enculturation effect on non-musicians' musical tension and memory. International Conference of Music Perception and Cognition, August 2008, Sapporo.

Wong, P.C.M., Roy, A.K. & Margulis, E.H. (2008) The complex dynamics of repeated musical exposure. International Conference of Music Perception and Cognition, August 2008, Sapporo.

Margulis, E.H., Roy, A.K. & Wong, P.C.M. (2008) The perceptual and cognitive non-linearities underlying musical preference across multiple exposures. Acoustical Society of America, June 2008, Paris.

Lee, E.R., Dhar, S., Gunasekera, G., Abel, R. & Wong, P.C.M. (2008) Cortical Mechanisms of Speech Perception in Noise in Elderly Listeners. Acoustical Society of America, June 2008, Paris.

Perrachione, T.K., Chiao, J.Y. & Wong, P.C.M. (2008) Influences of perceived racial identity on human talker identification. Acoustical Society of America, June 2008, Paris.

Warhadpande, D., Wong, P.C.M., Perrachione, T. & Wang, J. Large-Scale Neural Connectivity Analysis using Network Theory. Midwest Symposium on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, October 2007, Evanston.

Lee, J., Perrachione, T., Dees, T. & Wong, P.C.M. (2007) Differential effects of stimulus variability and learners’ pre-existing pitch perception ability in lexical tone learning by native English speakers. Proceedings of International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken.

Dees, T., Bradlow, A., Dhar, S. & Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Effects of Noise on Lexical Tone Perception by Native and Non-Native Listeners. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken.

Perrachione T. & Wong, P.C.M (2007). Increased left-hemisphere contribution to native- versus foreign-language talker identification revealed by dichotic listening. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken.

Song, J., Skoe, E., Wong, P.C.M., Kraus, N. (2007). Plasticity in the adult human auditory brainstem following short-term linguistic training. Human Brain Mapping, June 2007, Chicago.

Wong, P.C.M., Warrier, C.M., Penhune, V.B., Roy, A.K., Sadehh, A., Parrish, T.B., Zatorre, R.J. (2007). Volume of Left Heschl’s Gyrus and Linguistic Pitch Learning. Human Brain Mapping, June 2007, Chicago.

Perrachione, T.K., Chiao, J.Y., Parrish, T.B., Pierrehumbert, J.B., & Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Integration of speech- and voice-perception systems for native language talker identification. Human Brain Mapping, June 2007, Chicago.

Margulis, E.H., Uppunda, A.K., Mlsna, L.M., Parrish, T.B., Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Selective Neurophysiologic Responses to Timbre in Musicians with Different Listening. Human Brain Mapping, June 2007, Chicago.

Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Enhanced Lexical Tone Learning in Musicians: Behavioral and Neural Evidence. Language and Music as Cognitive Systems, May 2007, Cambridge.

Alexander, J., Wong, P.C.M, and Bradlow, A.R. (2007). On the interaction between speech-pitch processing and music-pitch processing. Language and Music as Cognitive Systems, May 2007, Cambridge.

Wong, P.C.M., Skoe, E., Russo, N.M., Dees, T., Kraus, N. (2007). Musical Experience Shapes Human Brainstem Encoding of Linguistic Pitch Patterns. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Conference, Mid-winter Meeting, February 2007, Denver.

Wong, P.C.M., Parrish, T.B., Perrachione, T.K., & Mazotas, A. (2006). Neural characteristics of successful and less successful speech and word learning in adults. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, June 2006, Florence.

Wong, P.C.M. & Srivastava, A. (2006). Changes in Speech Production in a Prelingually Deafened Adult with a Cochlear Implant. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Conference Mid-Winter Meeting, February 2006, Baltimore.

Wong, P.C.M. & Perrachione, T.K. (2005). Learning pitch patterns in lexical identification by native English-speaking adults. 11th International Conference on Processing Chinese and Other East Asian Languages, December 2005, Hong Kong.
Wong, P.C.M., Lee, K.M., & Parrish, T.B. (2005). Neural bases of listening to speech in noise. Proceedings of Interspeech 2005 - Eurospeech — 9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, September 2005, Lisbon.

Alexander, J., Wong, P.C.M., & Bradlow, A. (2005). Proceedings of Interspeech 2005 - Eurospeech — 9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, September 2005, Lisbon.

Wong, P.C.M., Nusbaum, H.C., Skipper, J.I., & Small, S.L. (April, 2003). Cortical activation associated with lexical tone acquisition. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, March 2003, New York City.

Wong, P.C.M., Parsons, L.M., Diehl, R.L., & Martinez, M. (2001). Brain basis of pitch perception: the effect of linguistic context. Society for Neuroscience Conference, November 2001, San Diego.

Wong, P.C.M., Diehl, R.L., Ho, S.L., Li, L.S.W., & Tsang, K.L. (2001). Perception of Cantonese Parkinsonian speech. The 141st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, June 2001, Chicago.

Wong, P.C.M. (1999). The effect of downdrift in the production and perception of Cantonese level tone. Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 1999, San Francisco.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). The effect of reduced tonal space in Parkinsonian speech on the perception of Cantonese tones. The 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 2nd Convention of the EAA, March 1999, Berlin.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). How Parkinson's Disease affects tone language and tells us about tone comprehension. The 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America ASA/EAA/DAGA Meeting Lay Language Papers, March 1999, Berlin.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). Melody-tone relation in Cantonese songs. The 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, March 1999, Berlin.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). The effect of duration on the perception of Cantonese level tones. The 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, March 1999, Berlin.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1998). Effects of spectral distance on vowel perception. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Acoustics and the 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, June 1998, Seattle.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1998). Effects of speaking fundamental frequency on the normalization of Cantonese level tones. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Acoustics and the 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, June 1998, Seattle.