Sonya Sheffert Ph.D.
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Address: Email: sheff1sm@cmich.edu Website:http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/sonya_sheffert/ Vita |
Bio:
Sonya Sheffert research examines applied aspects of memory, cognition and language processing. Dr. Sheffert joined the faculty at CMU in 1998 after completing a post-doctoral research fellowship at Indiana University. She received her Master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Connecticut in Experimental Psychology, specializing in Psycholinguistics and cognition. Prior to graduate school, she worked for a year in industry as a research analyst for a marketing firm after receiving her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Alaska.
Research Interest:
Dr. Sheffert’s research interests include: psychology of language; multimodal computer-based learning and memory, spoken word recognition, speaker recognition; and perceptual learning.
Recent Research:
Sheffert, S. M, Boyll, D. M. & Olsen, E. A. (2005) Audiovisual talker familiarity and long-term memory for spoken words. In D. Rosen, R. Kozak, G. Carlson, M. Tyler, & S. Joist (Eds.), Trends in Experimental Psychology Research (pp. 1-36). Hauppauge, New York.
Sheffert, S. M. & Olsen, E. (2004). Audiovisual speech facilitates voice learning. Perception and Psychophysics, 66, 353-367.
Swan, L., Otani, H., Loubert, P., Sheffert, S., & Dunbar, G.L. (2004). Improving balance by performing dual tasks. British Journal of Psychology, 95, 1-10.
Sheffert, S. M. & Shiffrin, R. M. (2003). Auditory "registration without learning". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 29, 22-38.
Sheffert, S., MacPherson, M., & Wilson, M. (2003). The influence of multimodality, talker variability and noise on immediate serial recall. Cognitive Technology, 8, 50-58.
Sheffert, S. M., Pisoni, D. B., Fellowes, J. M., & Remez, R. E. (2002). Learning to recognize talkers from natural, sinewave and reverse speech. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28, 1447-1469.