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Sheila E. Blumstein

Sheila E. Blumstein

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Neuroscience

D-Index
69
Citations
16165
World Ranking
2643
National Ranking
1246

Psychology

D-Index
69
Citations
16216
World Ranking
2387
National Ranking
1386

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1977 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Sheila E. Blumstein is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within cognitive and experimental psychology, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and signal processing.

The scientist's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Sequences in harmony: Cognitive interactions between musical and visual narrative structure, 2023, Acta Psychologica
  • When Speech Goes Wrong: Evidence from Aphasia, 2020, Acoustics Today

Blumstein's research topics cover:

  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Multisensory Perception and Integration
  • Music and Audio Processing

Their work is positioned at the intersection of these topics, often exploring how cognitive mechanisms underlie perception and integration of sensory inputs, particularly auditory and visual stimuli, and how these relate to language and music processing.

Collaboration is an evident part of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Morgan Patrick
  • Neil Cohn
  • John Mertus

The primary venues where Blumstein publishes research are:

  • Acta Psychologica
  • Acoustics Today

Subfields of study associated with their work include Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Signal Processing, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their approach to understanding cognitive and perceptual processes.

Blumstein's academic recognition includes several fellowships:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2005
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1977

Best Publications

  • Invariant cues for place of articulation in stop consonants

    K. N. Stevens;S. E. Blumstein

  • Acoustic invariance in speech production: Evidence from measurements of the spectral characteristics of stop consonants

    Sheila E. Blumstein;Kenneth N. Stevens

  • Speech Physiology, Speech Perception, and Acoustic Phonetics

    Philip Lieberman;Sheila E. Blumstein

  • The Role of Segmentation in Phonological Processing: An fMRI Investigation

    Martha W. Burton;Steven L. Small;Sheila E. Blumstein

  • Hemispheric processing of intonation contours.

    Sheila Blumstein;William E. Cooper

  • Perceptual invariance and onset spectra for stop consonants in different vowel environments

    Sheila E. Blumstein;Kenneth N. Stevens

  • Phonological factors in auditory comprehension in aphasia

    Sheila E. Blumstein;Sheila E. Blumstein;Errol Baker;Errol Baker;Harold Goodglass;Harold Goodglass

  • The effect of subphonetic differences on lexical access

    Jean E. Andruski;Sheila E. Blumstein;Martha Burton

  • Lexical decision and aphasia: Evidence for semantic processing

    William Milberg;Sheila E. Blumstein;Sheila E. Blumstein

  • The perception and production of Voice-Onset Time in aphasia

    Sheila E. Blumstein;William E. Cooper;Edgar B. Zurif;Alfonso Caramazza

  • Production deficits in aphasia: A voice-onset time analysis

    Sheila E Blumstein;Sheila E Blumstein;William E Cooper;William E Cooper;Harold Goodglass;Harold Goodglass;Sheila Statlender;Sheila Statlender

  • Semantic processing in aphasia: Evidence from an auditory lexical decision task

    Sheila E. Blumstein;William Milberg;Robin Shrier

  • An Event-Related fMRI Investigation of Implicit Semantic Priming

    Jesse Rissman;James C. Eliassen;Sheila E. Blumstein

  • Effects of speaking rate on voice-onset time in Thai, French, and English

    R.H. Kessinger;S.E. Blumstein

  • Cascading activation from phonological planning to articulatory processes: Evidence from tongue twisters

    Matthew Goldrick;Sheila E. Blumstein

  • Acoustic and perceptual characteristics of voicing in fricatives and fricative clusters.

    Kenneth N. Stevens;Sheila E. Blumstein;Laura Glicksman;Martha Burton

  • The reliability of ear advantage in dichotic listening

    Sheila Blumstein;Harold Goodglass;Vivien Tartter

  • Acoustic characteristics of English voiceless fricatives: a descriptive analysis

    Susan J. Behrens;Susan J. Behrens;Sheila E. Blumstein;Sheila E. Blumstein

  • Playing on the typewriter, typing on the piano: manipulation knowledge of objects

    Jong-yoon Myung;Sheila E. Blumstein;Julie C. Sedivy

  • Processing of lexical ambiguities in aphasia.

    W. Milberg;S.E. Blumstein;B. Dworetzky

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold Goodglass
Harold Goodglass Boston University
William P. Milberg
William P. Milberg Boston University
Barbara A. Dworetzky
Barbara A. Dworetzky Harvard Medical School
Marlene Oscar-Berman
Marlene Oscar-Berman Boston University
Sharon L. Thompson-Schill
Sharon L. Thompson-Schill University of Pennsylvania
Jack Gandour
Jack Gandour Purdue University West Lafayette
Laurel J. Buxbaum
Laurel J. Buxbaum Thomas Jefferson University
Edgar Zurif
Edgar Zurif Brandeis University
James S. Magnuson
James S. Magnuson University of Connecticut
Lori L. Holt
Lori L. Holt Carnegie Mellon University

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