Research
Research
My current research focus is to understand how speech and non-speech behaviors interact to produce coherent vocal behavior that serves the talker's communicative goals. For my dissertation, I'm focusing on co-speech vocal ticking in Tourette sydnrome.
My current research focus is to understand how speech and non-speech behaviors interact to produce coherent vocal behavior that serves the talker's communicative goals. For my dissertation, I'm focusing on co-speech vocal ticking in Tourette sydnrome.
I've done work on other topics:
I've done work on other topics:
Lexical decisions by listeners whose interlocutors are using language varieties that are more or less prestigious
Production of coda liquids in Puerto Rican Spanish
Speakers' choice of language variety in different communicative contexts and under different levels of autonomic arousal
I've used a variety of different methods to study vocal behavior:
I've used a variety of different methods to study vocal behavior:
Real-time MR imaging of the entire vocal tract
Acoustic analyses
Distributional analyses
Lexical decision and reaction time studies
Analysis of physiological signals (heart rate, skin temperature, electro-dermal activity)
See the different project pages to get more details about specific avenues of research.
See the different project pages to get more details about specific avenues of research.
Click on the buttons below to see the 3 labs I've worked with while at USC:
Click on the buttons below to see the 3 labs I've worked with while at USC: