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Joel S. Snyder is a researcher affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a substantial focus on cognitive neuroscience and experimental and clinical psychology. The scope of their research includes several interdisciplinary aspects related to music, signal processing, and perception.

The scientist's research concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Music and Audio Processing
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Diverse Music Education Insights

Snyder has contributed to multiple scholarly articles published in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Theoretical and empirical advances in understanding musical rhythm, beat and metre," 2024, Nature Reviews Psychology
  • "#EEGManyLabs: Investigating the replicability of influential EEG experiments," 2021, Cortex
  • "Hierarchical beat perception develops throughout childhood and adolescence and is enhanced in those with musical training," 2020, Journal of Experimental Psychology General
  • "Steady state-evoked potentials of subjective beat perception in musical rhythms," 2021, Psychophysiology
  • "What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific?," 2025, Nature Neuroscience

Frequent publication venues reflecting the scientist's work include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Gerontological Nursing
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Cortex

Collaboration is a significant part of Snyder's research activities. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Erin E. Hannon
  • Karli M Nave
  • Mounya Elhilali
  • Jessica Erin Nave-Blodgett
  • Nathan C. Higgins

Best Publications

  • Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science

    Alexander A. Aarts;Joanna E. Anderson;Christopher J. Anderson;Peter R. Attridge;Peter R. Attridge

  • Gamma-band activity reflects the metric structure of rhythmic tone sequences.

    Joel S. Snyder;Edward W. Large

  • Pulse and meter as neural resonance.

    Edward W. Large;Joel S. Snyder

  • Effects of Attention on Neuroelectric Correlates of Auditory Stream Segregation

    Joel S. Snyder;Claude Alain;Terence W. Picton

  • Toward a neurophysiological theory of auditory stream segregation.

    Joel S. Snyder;Claude Alain

  • Tapping to Ragtime: Cues to Pulse Finding

    Joel Snyder;Carol L. Krumhansl

  • Changes in Auditory Cortex Parallel Rapid Perceptual Learning

    Claude Alain;Joel S. Snyder;Yu He;Karen S. Reinke

  • The Role of Melodic and Temporal Cues in Perceiving Musical Meter

    Erin E. Hannon;Joel S. Snyder;Tuomas Eerola;Carol L. Krumhansl

  • Tapping to Bach: Resonance-Based Modeling of Pulse

    Petri Toiviainen;Joel S. Snyder

  • Attention, awareness, and the perception of auditory scenes.

    Joel S. Snyder;Melissa K. Gregg;David M. Weintraub;Claude Alain

  • How previous experience shapes perception in different sensory modalities.

    Joel S. Snyder;Caspar M. Schwiedrzik;A. Davi Vitela;Lucia Melloni;Lucia Melloni;Lucia Melloni

  • Neural correlates of rhythmic expectancy

    Theodore P. Zanto;Joel S. Snyder;Edward W. Large

  • #EEGManyLabs : investigating the replicability of influential EEG experiments

    Yuri G. Pavlov;Nika Adamian;Stefan Appelhoff;Mahnaz Arvaneh

  • Age-related changes in neural activity associated with concurrent vowel segregation.

    Joel S. Snyder;Claude Alain

  • Synchronization and Continuation Tapping to Complex Meters

    Joel S. Snyder;Erin E. Hannon;Edward W. Large;Morten H. Christiansen

  • Effects of Context on Auditory Stream Segregation.

    Joel S. Snyder;Olivia L. Carter;Suh-Kyung Lee;Erin E. Hannon

  • Biological Markers of Auditory Gap Detection in Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults

    Bernhard Ross;Bruce Schneider;Joel S. Snyder;Claude Alain

  • Adaptation reveals multiple levels of representation in auditory stream segregation.

    Joel S. Snyder;Olivia L. Carter;Erin E. Hannon;Claude Alain

  • Sequential Auditory Scene Analysis Is Preserved in Normal Aging Adults

    Joel S. Snyder;Claude Alain

  • Effects of prior stimulus and prior perception on neural correlates of auditory stream segregation

    Joel S Snyder;W Trent Holder;David M Weintraub;Olivia L Carter

  • Research report Gamma-band activity reflects the metric structure of rhythmic tone sequences

    Joel S. Snyder;Edward W. Large

Frequent Co-Authors

Claude Alain
Claude Alain University of Toronto
Daniel N. Allen
Daniel N. Allen University of Nevada, Las Vegas
J. Devin McAuley
J. Devin McAuley Michigan State University
Bruce A. Schneider
Bruce A. Schneider University of Toronto
Brian A. Nosek
Brian A. Nosek Center for Open Science
Carol L. Krumhansl
Carol L. Krumhansl Cornell University
Jennifer S. Beer
Jennifer S. Beer The University of Texas at Austin
Morten H. Christiansen
Morten H. Christiansen Cornell University
Cecile D. Ladouceur
Cecile D. Ladouceur University of Pittsburgh
Vincent Hayward
Vincent Hayward Sorbonne University

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