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Michael K. Tanenhaus

Michael K. Tanenhaus

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Psychology

D-Index
85
Citations
31855
World Ranking
1178
National Ranking
731

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael K. Tanenhaus is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on psychology and neuroscience, totaling 13 and 6 publications respectively. Within these domains, they have contributed to several subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and developmental and educational psychology. Additionally, their work touches on artificial intelligence and linguistics and language.

The main topics explored in their research include neurobiology of language and bilingualism, reading and literacy development, phonetics and phonology research, speech and dialogue systems, language, metaphor, and cognition, multisensory perception and integration, and neuroscience and music perception. These thematic areas reflect a broad and interdisciplinary approach to understanding cognitive and neural mechanisms related to language and perception.

Michael K. Tanenhaus has published in a range of academic journals, including:

  • Topics in Cognitive Science
  • Journal of Memory and Language
  • Scientific Studies of Reading
  • Developmental Science
  • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

Their recent papers demonstrate active research in language comprehension, reading acquisition, and speech perception. Some notable papers include:

  • "Syllable Inference as a Mechanism for Spoken Language Understanding" (2021, Topics in Cognitive Science)
  • "Effects of Character and Word Contextual Diversity in Chinese Beginning Readers" (2020, Scientific Studies of Reading)
  • "Musical coordination affects children's perspective-taking, but musical synchrony does not" (2022, Developmental Science)
  • "Maintenance of subcategorical information during speech perception: Revisiting misunderstood limitations" (2024, Journal of Memory and Language)
  • "Predictions of Miscommunication in Verbal Communication During Collaborative Joint Action" (2021, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research)

Frequent collaborators in Michael K. Tanenhaus's projects include Qingrong Chen, Yingjia Wan, Yipu Wei, Meredith Brown, and Laura C. Dilley. These coauthorships indicate ongoing collaborative research activities in related fields.

Michael K. Tanenhaus has been recognized with several awards such as the David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition in 2018. They were also named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Integration of visual and linguistic information in spoken language comprehension

    Michael K. Tanenhaus;Michael J. Spivey-Knowlton;Kathleen M. Eberhard;Julie C. Sedivy

  • Tracking the Time Course of Spoken Word Recognition Using Eye Movements: Evidence for Continuous Mapping Models

    Paul D. Allopenna;James S. Magnuson;Michael K. Tanenhaus

  • Semantic influences on parsing: Use of thematic role information in syntactic ambiguity resolution.

    John C. Trueswell;Michael K. Tanenhaus;Susan M. Garnsey

  • Verb-specific constraints in sentence processing: Separating effects of lexical preference from garden-paths.

    John C. Trueswell;Michael K. Tanenhaus;Christopher Kello

  • When does irregular spelling or pronunciation influence word recognition

    Mark S. Seidenberg;Gloria S. Waters;Marcia A. Barnes;Michael K. Tanenhaus

  • Automatic access of the meanings of ambiguous words in context: Some limitations of knowledge-based processing ☆ ☆☆ ★ ★★

    Mark S Seidenberg;Michael K Tanenhaus;James M Leiman;Marie Bienkowski

  • Modeling the Influence of Thematic Fit (and Other Constraints) in On-line Sentence Comprehension

    Ken McRae;Michael J. Spivey-Knowlton;Michael K. Tanenhaus

  • Evidence for Multiple Stages in the Processing of Ambiguous Words in Syntactic Contexts.

    Michael K. Tanenhaus;James M. Leiman;Mark S. Seidenberg

  • Achieving incremental semantic interpretation through contextual representation

    Julie C. Sedivy;Michael K. Tanenhaus;Craig G. Chambers;Gregory N. Carlson

  • Time course of frequency effects in spoken-word recognition: evidence from eye movements.

    Delphine Dahan;James S. Magnuson;Michael K. Tanenhaus

  • Orthographic effects on rhyme monitoring.

    Mark S. Seidenberg;Michael K. Tanenhaus

  • The effects of common ground and perspective on domains of referential interpretation

    Joy E Hanna;Michael K Tanenhaus;John C Trueswell

  • Gradient effects of within-category phonetic variation on lexical access.

    Bob McMurray;Michael K. Tanenhaus;Richard N. Aslin

  • Eye movements as a window into real-time spoken language comprehension in natural contexts

    Kathleen M. Eberhard;Michael J. Spivey-Knowlton;Julie C. Sedivy;Michael K. Tanenhaus

  • Perception of speech reflects optimal use of probabilistic speech cues

    Meghan Clayards;Michael K. Tanenhaus;Richard N. Aslin;Robert A. Jacobs

  • Eye movements and spoken language comprehension: effects of visual context on syntactic ambiguity resolution.

    Michael J Spivey;Michael K Tanenhaus;Kathleen M Eberhard;Julie C Sedivy

  • Verb Argument Structure in Parsing and Interpretation: Evidence from wh-Questions

    Julie E. Boland;Michael K. Tanenhaus;Susan M. Garnsey;Greg N. Carlson

  • Afterword The impact of “The cognitive basis for linguistic structures”

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  • Accent and reference resolution in spoken-language comprehension

    Delphine Dahan;Michael K. Tanenhaus;Craig G. Chambers

  • Subcategorical mismatches and the time course of lexical access: Evidence for lexical competition

    Delphine Dahan;James S. Magnuson;Michael K. Tanenhaus;Ellen M. Hogan

  • Actions and Affordances in Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution.

    Craig G. Chambers;Michael K. Tanenhaus;James S. Magnuson

  • Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution in Discourse: Modeling the Effects of Referential Context and Lexical Frequency

    Michael J. Spivey;Michael K. Tanenhaus

  • The weckud wetch of the wast: lexical adaptation to a novel accent.

    Jessica Maye;Richard N. Aslin;Michael K. Tanenhaus

  • Natural Language Parsing: Psychological, Computational, and Theoretical Perspectives

    David R. Dowty;Lauri Karttunen;Arnold M. Zwicky

  • “Some,” and possibly all, scalar inferences are not delayed: Evidence for immediate pragmatic enrichment

    Daniel J. Grodner;Natalie M. Klein;Kathleen M. Carbary;Michael K. Tanenhaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard N. Aslin
Richard N. Aslin Yale University
James S. Magnuson
James S. Magnuson University of Connecticut
Bob McMurray
Bob McMurray University of Iowa
Mark S. Seidenberg
Mark S. Seidenberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sarah Brown-Schmidt
Sarah Brown-Schmidt Vanderbilt University
John C. Trueswell
John C. Trueswell University of Pennsylvania
Ken McRae
Ken McRae University of Western Ontario
Michael J. Spivey
Michael J. Spivey University of California, Merced
Gloria Waters
Gloria Waters Boston University
Gary S. Dell
Gary S. Dell University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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