2026 Peter Q. Pfordresher: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	32	10982	10280	5724	5227	112	3707

Overview

Peter Q. Pfordresher is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research focuses broadly on the intersection of neuroscience, music perception, and audio processing, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology.

Their recent publications include:

Globally, songs and instrumental melodies are slower and higher and use more stable pitches than speech: A Registered Report (2024, Science Advances)
The Prevalence and Correlates of Accurate Singing (2020, Journal of Research in Music Education)
Spontaneous Production Rates in Music and Speech (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder are impaired in absolute but not relative pitch and duration matching in speech and song imitation (2021, Autism Research)
The Role of Long-Term Memory in Mental Transformations of Pitch (2020, Auditory Perception & Cognition)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Peter Q. Pfordresher include:

Siu-Lan Tan
Rom Harré
Emma B. Greenspon
Tim A. Pruitt
Andrea R. Halpern

Key venues where Peter Q. Pfordresher has published include:

Auditory Perception & Cognition
Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal
Attention Perception & Psychophysics
Psychological Research
Science Advances

Their main fields of study are Neuroscience and Computer Science, with subfields covering:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Signal Processing
Music
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Research topics addressed in their work span:

Neuroscience and Music Perception
Music and Audio Processing
Diverse Music Education Insights
Music Technology and Sound Studies
Phonetics and Phonology Research
Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Best Publications

The somatotopy of speech: Phonation and articulation in the human motor cortex

Steven Brown;Angela R. Laird;Peter Q. Pfordresher;Sarah M. Thelen

295
Citations
POOR-PITCH SINGING IN THE ABSENCE OF "TONE DEAFNESS"

Peter Q. Pfordresher;Steven Brown

272
Citations
Enhanced production and perception of musical pitch in tone language speakers

Peter Q. Pfordresher;Steven Brown

224
Citations
Incremental planning in sequence production.

Caroline Palmer;Peter Q. Pfordresher

223
Citations
Psychology of Music: From Sound to Significance

Siu-Lan Tan;Peter Pfordresher;Rom Harré

210
Citations
Imprecise singing is widespread

Peter Q. Pfordresher;Steven Brown;Kimberly M. Meier;Michel Belyk

152
Citations
Singing Ability, Musical Self-Concept, and Future Music Participation.

Steven M. Demorest;Jamey Kelley;Peter Q. Pfordresher

113
Citations
Native Experience with a Tone Language Enhances Pitch Discrimination and the Timing of Neural Responses to Pitch Change

Ryan J. Giuliano;Peter Q. Pfordresher;Emily M. Stanley;Shalini Narayana

106
Citations
Effects of hearing the past, present, or future during music performance.

Peter Q. Pfordresher;Caroline Palmer

101
Citations
Effects of delayed auditory feedback on timing of music performance.

P. Q. Pfordresher;C. Palmer

100
Citations
Auditory feedback in music performance: Evidence for a dissociation of sequencing and timing

Peter Q. Pfordresher

99
Citations
Coordination of perception and action in music performance

Peter Q. Pfordresher

99
Citations
Auditory feedback in music performance: the role of melodic structure and musical skill.

Peter Q. Pfordresher

84
Citations
Tracking Musical Patterns using Joint Accent Structure

Mari Riess Jones;Peter Q. Pfordresher

80
Citations
The Role of Melodic and Rhythmic Accents in Musical Structure

Peter Q. Pfordresher

71
Citations
Temporal coordination in joint music performance: effects of endogenous rhythms and auditory feedback

Anna Zamm;Peter Q. Pfordresher;Caroline Palmer

66
Citations
Speed, accuracy, and serial order in sequence production.

Peter Q. Pfordresher;Caroline Palmer;Melissa K. Jungers

63
Citations
Auditory imagery and the poor-pitch singer.

Peter Q. Pfordresher;Andrea R. Halpern

62
Citations
Vocal Imitation of Song and Speech.

James T. Mantell;Peter Q. Pfordresher

59
Citations
The neural basis of vocal pitch imitation in humans

Michel Belyk;Peter Q. Pfordresher;Mario Liotti;Steven Brown

54
Citations
Singing with yourself: evidence for an inverse modeling account of poor-pitch singing.

Peter Q. Pfordresher;James T. Mantell

42
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline Palmer McGill University

Andrea R. Halpern Bucknell University

Steven Brown McMaster University

Mario Liotti University of Padua

Mari Riess Jones The Ohio State University

Isabelle Peretz University of Montreal

Peter E. Keller University of Sydney

Iring Koch RWTH Aachen University

Lauren Stewart Goldsmiths University of London

Peter E. Turkeltaub Georgetown University

External Links

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