Research

Publications

Hortobágyi, T., Sipos, D., Borbély, G., Áfra, G., Reichardt-Varga, E., Sántha, G., Ward, N., Tamási, K. & Tollár, J. (2021). Detraining Slows and Maintenance Training Over 6 Years Halts Parkinsonian Symptoms-Progression. Frontiers in Neurology, 12. [full text] 

Tamási, K. (2020). Exploring non-specific effects of measles vaccine in The Gambia. M.Sc. thesis in Medical Statistics. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. [full text]

Tamási, K., McKean, C., Gafos, A., Fritzsche, T., & Höhle, B. (2018). Children's gradient sensitivity to phonological mismatch: Considering the dynamics of looking behavior and  pupil dilation. Journal  of Child Language. Advanced online publication. [full text]

Tamási, K. (2017). Measuring children's sensitivity to phonological detail using eye tracking and pupillometry (Doctoral thesis). Universities of Potsdam (DE), Newcastle (UK), Groningen (NL), Trento (IT) and Macquarie University, Sydney (AU). [full text]

Tamási, K., Wewalaarachchi, T.D., Höhle, B., Singh, L. (2016). Measuring sensitivity to phonological detail in monolingual and bilingual infants using pupillometry. In Proceedings of the 16th Speech Science and Technology Conference. [full text]

Tamási, K., McKean, C., Gafos, A., Fritzsche, T., & Höhle, B. (2016). Pupillometry registers toddlers' sensitivity to degrees of mispronunciation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. [full text]

Tamási, K., & Berent, I. (2014). Sensitivity to phonological universals: The case of stops and fricatives. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 43(1): 1-23. [abstract] [full text]

Tamási, K. (2012). Sensitivity to phonological universals: Evidence from obstruents. M.A. Thesis in Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. [abstract] [full text]

Tamási, K. (2010). Segmental interactions in autism. (2010). M. A. Thesis in Linguistics, University of Tromso, Norway. [abstract] [full text]

Tamási, K. (2009). Lockean criteria for being human. (2009). Elpis Journal of Philosophy, 3(1):93-115. [full text]

Invited talks

Tamási, K. (May 2017). Sensitivity to phonological detail in monolingual and bilingual children. Talk presented at the Phonetics & Phonology Colloquium, University of Bielefeld, Germany.  

Tamási, K. (May 2017). A practical introduction to eye tracking and pupillometry. Talk presented at the Research Methodology Seminar. University of Bielefeld, Germany. 

Tamási, K. (Sep 2016). Measuring sensitivity to phonological detail in monolingual and bilingual infants using pupillometry. Talk presented at the Language and Social Cognition Seminar, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. 

Tamási, K. (Mar 2016). Combining pupillometry with the preferential looking paradigm: A dynamic approach. Talk presented at the Child Language & Eyetracking: Analyses and Rationale Workshop, Potsdam. 

Selected Conference Presentations

Tamási, K., McKean, C., Gafos, A., and Höhle, B. (July 2016). Sensitivity to degrees of mispronunciation: Enriching the preferential looking paradigm with pupillometry. Talk presented at the 15th Laboratory Phonology Conference, Ithaca, NY, USA. 

Tamási, K., McKean, C., Gafos, A., and Höhle, B. (March 2016). Combining pupillometry with the preferential looking paradigm: A dynamic approach. Invited talk presented at the Child Language & Eye tracking: Analyses & Rationale Workshop, Potsdam, Germany.

Tamási, K., McKean, C., Gafos, A., and Höhle, B. (March 2016). Sensitivity to degrees of mispronunciation: Enriching the preferential looking paradigm with pupillometry. Talk presented at the The Attentive Listener in the Visual Word Conference, Potsdam, Germany.

Tamási, K., McKean, C., Gafos, A., and Höhle, B. (Jan 2016). Children's sensitivity to degrees of mispronunciation: A study combining eye-tracking & pupillometry. Talk & poster to present at the European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology , Bressanone, Italy.

Tamási, K., McKean, C., Gafos, A., and Höhle, B. (July 2015). Mispronunciation detection with pupillometry: A window to study lexical representations. Talk presented at the Child Language Symposium, University of Warwick, UK. [link]

Tamási, K., McKean, C., Gafos, A., and Höhle, B. (June 2015). Using implicit naming to study early lexical representations. Talk presented at the International Child Phonology Conference, Memorial U. of Newfoundland, Canada. [link]

Tamási, K., McKean, C., Gafos, A., and Höhle, B. (May 2015). Is there a structural difference between homorganic and heterorganic clusters? Poster presented at the 23rd Manchester Phonology Meeting, Manchester, UK. [link]

Tamási, K., McKean, C., Gafos, A., and Höhle, B. (Jan 2015). Using pupillometry to study lexical representations: Mispronunciation detection in onsets. Talk and poster presented at the 33rd European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, Bressanone, Italy. [link]

Tamási, K., McKean, C., Gafos, A., and Höhle, B. (May 2014). Level of abstraction in lexical representations. Poster presented at the 22nd Manchester Phonology Meeting, Manchester, UK.

Tamási, K., and I. Berent. (March 2011). Sensitivity to phonological universals: Evidence from obstruents. Poster presented at the Research and Scholarship Expo, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. [link]

Tamási, K. (Feb 2011). Segmental interactions in autistic sound development. Poster presented at the International Conference on Communicative and Symbolic Behaviors in Children with Autism, Paris, France. 

 As part of the IDEALAB program

   (with Barbara Höhle, Cristina McKean, and Adamantios Gafos)

The emergence of words in the mind: Studies in perception and production. (Jan 2016). Presented at the 4th IDEALAB Winter School, U. of Trento, Italy.

Using pupillometry to study lexical representations: Mispronunciation detection in onsets. (Feb 2015). Presented at the 3rd IDEALAB Winter School, U. of Trento, Italy.

What do children know about words? Level of abstraction in language development. (Sep 2014). Presented at the 3rd IDEALAB Summer School, U. of Potsdam, Germany.

The structure of words in the emerging lexicon. (Feb 2014). Presented at the 2nd IDEALAB Winter School, Macquaire U., Sydney, Australia.

Lexical representations in early language development. (Sep 2013). Presented at the 2nd IDEALAB Summer School, U. of Potsdam, Germany.