Dr. Pisoni is one of the world’s leading research scientists in the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Over his 44 year career at IU, he has carried out seminal research on human speech perception, spoken word recognition, language processing, and perceptual development in infants and children. He has also carried out pioneering research on several applied problems for the United States Air Force dealing with the perception of synthesized speech in cognitively demanding environments as well as the effects of noise on speech production. .
Research interests:
- Acoustic analysis, synthesis and perception of speech sounds
- Spoken word recognition and lexical access
- Spoken language comprehension
- Perceptual development
- Cognitive neuropsychology
- Neurolinguistics
- Hearing impairment, cochlear implants
- Facilities
Areas of Study:
Research Interests:
- Psycholinguistics, speech perception, production and synthesis, perceptual development
- Spoken language comprehension, voice I/O technology, human factors
- Hearing impairment, cochlear implants, individual differences, and multi-modal perception of speech
Research Projects:
- Spoken Word Recognition and the Mental Lexicon
- Contextual Variability in Spoken Word Recognition
- Perceptual Learning
- Individual Differences and Working Memory
Research Interests: psycholinguistics; speech perception; word recognition; lexical access; hearing impairment
Subject Area
- Psychological and Brain Sciences