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Sandra E. Trehub

Sandra E. Trehub

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Psychology

D-Index
87
Citations
21993
World Ranking
1108
National Ranking
54

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Kurt Koffka Medal, Giessen University

Overview

Sandra E. Trehub is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and specializes in the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience. Their research encompasses several subfields, including music, pharmacy, social psychology, and developmental biology.

The scientist's main topics of work include neuroscience and music perception, diverse music education insights, infant health and development, animal vocal communication and behavior, music therapy and health, language and cultural evolution, and cultural differences and values.

Frequent publication venues for Sandra E. Trehub include:

  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Autism Research

Recent papers authored or associated with Sandra E. Trehub include:

  • "Acoustic regularities in infant-directed speech and song across cultures," 2022, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Cross-Cultural Work in Music Cognition," 2020, Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal
  • "Familiar songs reduce infant distress," 2020, Developmental Psychology
  • "Enhanced Memory for Vocal Melodies in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome," 2021, Autism Research
  • "HIIT the Road Jack: An Exploratory Study on the Effects of an Acute Bout of Cardiovascular High-Intensity Interval Training on Piano Learning," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Laura K. Cirelli, Samuel A. Mehr, Michael W. Weiss, Courtney B. Hilton, and Cody James Moser. These collaborations have contributed to multiple publications.

Sandra E. Trehub was awarded the Kurt Koffka Medal by Giessen University in 2012. This award is part of their academic recognition within the research community.

Best Publications

  • Aging and cognitive processes

    Fergus I. M. Craik;Sandra Trehub

  • The developmental origins of musicality

    Sandra E Trehub

  • Musical predispositions in infancy.

    Sandra E. Trehub

  • Tuning in to musical rhythms: Infants learn more readily than adults

    Erin E. Hannon;Sandra E. Trehub

  • Metrical Categories in Infancy and Adulthood

    Erin E. Hannon;Sandra E. Trehub

  • Infants' responsiveness to maternal speech and singing

    Takayuki Nakata;Sandra E. Trehub

  • The Discrimination of Foreign Speech Contrasts by Infants and Adults.

    Sandra E. Trehub

  • Infants' Perception of Melodies: The Role of Melodic Contour.

    Sandra E. Trehub;Dale Bull;Leigh A. Thorpe

  • Children's understanding of emotion in speech.

    J. Bruce Morton;Sandra E. Trehub

  • A comparison of infants' and adults' sensitivity to western musical structure.

    Laurel J. Trainor;Sandra E. Trehub

  • Human processing predispositions and musical universals.

    Sandra Trehub

  • Maternal singing modulates infant arousal.

    Tali Shenfield;Sandra E. Trehub;Takayuki Nakata

  • Infant music perception: domain-general or domain-specific mechanisms?

    Sandra E. Trehub;Erin E. Hannon

  • Auditory Processing of Relational Information by Young Infants

    Hsing-Wu Chang;Sandra E. Trehub

  • Without it no music: cognition, biology and evolution of musicality

    Henkjan Honing;Carel ten Cate;Isabelle Peretz;Sandra E. Trehub

  • Natural Musical Intervals: Evidence From Infant Listeners

    E. Glenn Schellenberg;Sandra E. Trehub

  • Quantifying sources of variability in infancy research using the infant-directed-speech preference

    Michael C. Frank;Katherine Jane Alcock;Natalia Arias-Trejo;Gisa Aschersleben

  • Mothers' and fathers' singing to infants.

    Sandra E. Trehub;Anna M. Unyk;Stuart B. Kamenetsky;David S. Hill

  • Good Pitch Memory Is Widespread

    E. Glenn Schellenberg;Sandra E. Trehub

  • Key membership and implied harmony in Western tonal music: Developmental perspectives

    Laurel J. Trainor;Sandra E. Trehub

  • Infants' sensitivity to vowel and tonal contrasts.

    Sandra E. Trehub

Frequent Co-Authors

E. Glenn Schellenberg
E. Glenn Schellenberg University of Toronto
Bruce A. Schneider
Bruce A. Schneider University of Toronto
Laurel J. Trainor
Laurel J. Trainor McMaster University
Isabelle Peretz
Isabelle Peretz University of Montreal
Joanna Henderson
Joanna Henderson Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Frank A. Russo
Frank A. Russo Toronto Metropolitan University
Henkjan Honing
Henkjan Honing University of Amsterdam
Leslie Atkinson
Leslie Atkinson Toronto Metropolitan University
Sandra R. Waxman
Sandra R. Waxman Northwestern University
Linda Polka
Linda Polka McGill University

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