College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Bob McMurray
F. Wendell Miller Professor
Education:
Ph.D. (2004) Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
Office:
278 PBSB
Office Phone:
319-335-2408
Fax Number:
319-335-0191
Curriculum Vitae:
Lab:
255 PBSB
Lab Phone:
319-335-0692
Lab Website
Personal Website
Research Interests
On-line spoken word recognition and speech perception in typical adults and in people with language impairment and cochlear implants; the development of speech perception and word learning in infants and children; use of eye tracking, cognitive neuroscience techniques (event related potentials and inter-cranial recording), and computational modeling of perception and perceptual development
Primary Research Area
Developmental Science
Training Areas
Research Group
Representative Publications
Apfelbaum, K., McMurray, B., & Hazeltine, E. (in press) Statistical learning in reading: Variability in irrelevant letters helps children learn phonics rules. Developmental Psychology.
McMurray, B., Horst, J., and Samuelson, L. (in press) Word learning emerges from the interaction of online referent selection and slow associative learning. Psychological Review
McMurray, B. & Jongman, A. (2011) What information is necessary for speech categorization? Harnessing variability in the speech signal by integrating cues computed relative to expectations. Psychological Review, 118(2), 219-246.
McMurray, B., Samelson, V., Lee, S., and Tomblin, J.B. (2010) Individual differences in online spoken word recognition: Implications for SLI. Cognitive Psychology, 60(1), 1-39.