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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Wong, P.C.M., Ettlinger, M., Sheppard, J., Gunasekaran, G. & Dhar, S. (in press) Neuroanatomical Characteristics and
Speech Perception in Noise in Older Adults. Ear and Hearing.
Perrachione, T.K., Chiao, J.Y. & Wong, P.C.M. (2010). Asymmetric cultural effects on perceptual expertise underlie an own-race bias for voices. Cognition, 114, 42-55. PMCID: PMC2784142.
Wong, P.C.M., Roy, A.K. & Margulis E.H. (2009). Bimusicalism: The implicit dual enculturation of cognitive and affective systems. Music Perception, 27(2), 81-88.
Perrachione, T.K., Pierrehumbert, J.B. & Wong, P.C.M. (2009). Differential neural contributions to native- and foreign-language talker identification. Journal of Experimental Psychology - Human Perception and Performance, 25, 1950-60. PMCID: PMC2792570.
Wong, P.C.M., Perrachione, T.K. & Margulis, E.H. (2009). Effects of asymmetric cultural experiences on the auditory pathway: evidence from music. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1169, 157-163.
Wong, P.C.M., Jin, J.X., Gunasekera, G.M., Abel, R., Lee, E.R., Dhar. S. (2009). Aging and Cortical Mechanisms of Speech Perception in Noise. Neuropsychologia, 47, 693-703.
Wong, P.C.M., Perrachione, T.K., Gunasekera, G. & Chandrasekaran, B. (2009). Communication disorders in speakers of tone languages: Etiological bases and clinical considerations. Seminars in Speech and Language, 30(3), 162-173.
Warrier, C.M., Wong, P.C.M., Penhune, V.B., Zatorre, R.J., Parrish, T.B., Abrams, D.A., & Kraus. N. (2009.) Relating Structure to Function: Heschl's Gyrus and Acoustic Processing. Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 61-69.
Margulis, E.H., Mlsna, L.M., Uppunda, A.K., Parrish, T.B. & Wong, P.C.M. (2009). Selective Neurophysiologic Responses to Music in Instrumentalists with Different Listening Biographies. Human Brain Mapping, 30, 267-275. First published December 10th, 2007, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20503.
Wong, P.C.M., Warrier, C.M., Penhune, V.B., Roy, A.K., Sadehh, A., Parrish, T.B. & Zatorre, R.J. (2008). Volume of Left Heschl’s Gyrus and Linguistic Pitch Learning. Cerebral Cortex, 18, 828-836. PMCID: PMC2805072. [Media Coverage]
Wong, P.C.M., Uppunda, A.K., Parrish, T.B. & Dhar, S. (2008). Cortical Mechanisms of Speech Perception in Noise. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 51, 1026-1041.
Song, J., Skoe, E., Wong, P.C.M. & Kraus, N. (2008). Plasticity in the adult human auditory brainstem following short-term linguistic training. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 1892-1902.
Wong, P.C.M., Skoe, E., Russo, N.M., Dees, T., & Kraus, N. (2007). Musical Experience Shapes Human Brainstem Encoding of Linguistic Pitch Patterns. Nature Neuroscience, 10, 420-422. [Media Coverage]
Wong, P.C.M., Perrachione, T.K. & Parrish, T.B. (2007). Neural Characteristics of Successful and Less Successful Speech and Word Learning in Adults. Human Brain Mapping, 28 995-1006.
Wong, P.C.M., &Perrachione, T.K. (2007). Learning pitch patterns in lexical identification by native English-speaking adults. Applied Psycholinguistics, 28, 565-585.
Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Changes in Speech Production in an Early Deafened Adult with a Cochlear Implant. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 42, 387-405.
Perrachione, T.K., & Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Learning to recognize speakers of a non-native language: Implications for the functional organization of human auditory cortex. Neuropsychologia, 45, 1899-1910.
Wong, P.C.M., Parsons, L.M., Martinez, M., & Diehl, R.L. (2004). The role of the insular cortex in pitch pattern perception: The effect of linguistic contexts. Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 9153-9160.
Wong, P.C.M., Nusbaum, H.C., & Small, S.L. (2004). Neural Bases of Talker Normalization. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16, 1173-1184.
Peach, R.K., & Wong, P.C.M. (2004). Integrating the Message Level into Treatment for Agrammatism Using Story Retelling. Aphasiology, 18, 429-441.
Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (2003). Perceptual normalization of inter- and intra-talker variation in Cantonese level tones. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 46, 413-421.
Wong, P.C.M. (2002). Hemispheric specialization of linguistic pitch patterns. Brain Research Bulletin, 59, 83-95.
Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (2002). How can the lyrics of a song in a tone language be understood? Psychology of Music, 30, 202-209.

Invited Papers & Conference Proceedings

Ettlinger, M., Bradlow, A. R., & Wong, P. C. M. (in press). The persistence and destruction of opaque interactions. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society. Chicago Linguistics Society: Chicago.
Lee, J., Perrachione, T., Dees, T. & Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Differential effects of stimulus variability and learners’ pre-existing pitch perception ability in lexical tone learning by native English speakers. Proceedings of International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken.
Dees, T., Bradlow, A., Dhar, S. & Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Effects of Noise on Lexical Tone Perception by Native and Non-Native Listeners. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken. [Pre-print Forthcoming]
Perrachione T. & Wong, P.C.M (2007).Increased left-hemisphere contribution to native- versus foreign-language talker identification revealed by dichotic listening. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken.
Wong, P.C.M. (2006). Bilingualism and Aphasia, pp.12-16. In Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics Second Edition (K. Brown, editor-in-chief). Elsevier: Oxford
Wong, P.C.M., Lee, K.M., & Parrish, T.B. (2005). Neural bases of listening to speech in noise. Proceedings of Interspeech 2005- Eurospeech — 9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology.
Alexander, J., Wong, P.C.M., & Bradlow, A. (2005). Lexical tone perception in musicians and nonmusicians.Proceedings of Interspeech 2005 - Eurospeech — 9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology.
Wong, P.C.M. (2005). Neurophysiologic Correlates and Disorders of Lexical Tones. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders, 15 (2), 15-19.
Wong, P.C.M. (1999). The effect of downdrift in the production and perception of Cantonese level tone. Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, San Francisco, 3, 2395-2398.
Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). The effect of reduced tonal space in Parkinsonian speech on the perception of Cantonese tones. Proceedings of the 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 2nd Convention of the EAA, 4aSCba (1-4).
Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). How Parkinson's Disease affects tone language and tells us about tone comprehension. Acoustical Society of America ASA/EAA/DAGA '99 Meeting Lay Language Papers.
Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1998). Effects of spectral distance on vowel perception. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Acoustics and the 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 2015-2016.

Conference Presentations

Ettlinger, M., Bradlow, A. R., & Wong, P. C. M. (January, 2010). Perception/Production Asymmetries in the Acquisition of Opacity. Paper presented at the 84th meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. Baltimore, MD.
Ettlinger, M. (October, 2009). The interaction of memory and language. Paper presented at Workshop on Language, Cognition, and Computation. Chicago, IL.
Ettlinger, M., Bradlow, A. R., & Wong, P. C. M. (October, 2009). The role of procedural memory in language learning: cognitive and neural evidence. Poster presented at the Neurobiology of Language Conference, Chicago.
Ettlinger, M., Bradlow, A. R., & Wong, P. C. M. (May, 2009). The interaction of memory and language learning. Paper presented at the UIC Bilingualism Forum. Chicago, IL.
Perrachione, T.K., Stepp, C.E., Hillman, R.E., Wong, P.C.M. (2009). The role of source and filter characteristics in human talker identification: Experiments with laryngeal and electrolarynx speech. 158th Meetings of the Acoustical Society of America, October 2009, San Antonio.
Chan, A.H.D., Wong, P.C.M., Roy, A.K. & Margulis, E.H. (2009). Neural mechanisms of music listening by mono- and bi-cultural everyday music listeners. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, June 2009, San Francisco.
Chandrasekaran, B, Chan, A.H.D. & Wong, P.C.M. (2009). Neural Integration of Lexical and Indexical Information in Spoken Language Processing. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, June 2009, San Francisco.

Ettlinger, M., Bradlow, A.R. & Wong, P.C.M. (2009). Neurophysiological evidence of the interaction of memory systems and language learning. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, June 2009, San Francisco.
Ettlinger, M., Bradlow, A.R. & Wong, P.C.M. (2009). The Persistence and Obliteration of Opaque Interactions. Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society, April 2009, Chicago.
Sheppard, J.P., Wang, J.P. & Wong, P.C.M. (Submitted). Aging Effects on Cortical Network Connectivity during Speech Perception in Noise: A Graph Theoretical Analysis. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, June 2009, San Francisco.
Alexander, J.A., Bradlow, A.R., Ashley, R.D. & Wong, P.C.M. (2008). Music melody perception in tone-language and non-tone-language speakers. Acoustical Society of America, November 2008, Miami.
Roy, A.K., Margulis, E.H., Wong, P.C.M. (2008) Bimusicality: A dual enculturation effect on non-musicians' musical tension and memory. International Conference of Music Perception and Cognition, August 2008, Sapporo.
Wong, P.C.M., Roy, A.K. & Margulis, E.H. (2008) The complex dynamics of repeated musical exposure. International Conference of Music Perception and Cognition, August 2008, Sapporo.
Margulis, E.H., Roy, A.K. & Wong, P.C.M. (2008) The perceptual and cognitive non-linearities underlying musical preference across multiple exposures. Acoustical Society of America, June 2008, Paris.
Lee, E.R., Dhar, S., Gunasekera, G., Abel, R. & Wong, P.C.M. (2008) Cortical Mechanisms of Speech Perception in Noise in Elderly Listeners. Acoustical Society of America, June 2008, Paris.
Perrachione, T.K., Chiao, J.Y. & Wong, P.C.M. (2008) Influences of perceived racial identity on human talker identification. Acoustical Society of America, June 2008, Paris.
Warhadpande, D., Wong, P.C.M., Perrachione, T. & Wang, J. (2007) Large-Scale Neural Connectivity Analysis using Network Theory. Midwest Symposium on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, October 2007, Evanston.
Lee, J., Perrachione, T., Dees, T. & Wong, P.C.M. (2007) Differential effects of stimulus variability and learners’ pre-existing pitch perception ability in lexical tone learning by native English speakers. Proceedings of International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken.
Dees, T., Bradlow, A., Dhar, S. & Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Effects of Noise on Lexical Tone Perception by Native and Non-Native Listeners. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken.
Perrachione T. & Wong, P.C.M (2007). Increased left-hemisphere contribution to native- versus foreign-language talker identification revealed by dichotic listening. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 2007, Saarbrücken.
Song, J., Skoe, E., Wong, P.C.M., Kraus, N. (2007). Plasticity in the adult human auditory brainstem following short-term linguistic training. Human Brain Mapping, June 2007, Chicago.
Wong, P.C.M., Warrier, C.M., Penhune, V.B., Roy, A.K., Sadehh, A., Parrish, T.B., Zatorre, R.J. (2007). Volume of Left Heschl’s Gyrus and Linguistic Pitch Learning. Human Brain Mapping, June 2007, Chicago.
Perrachione, T.K., Chiao, J.Y., Parrish, T.B., Pierrehumbert, J.B., & Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Integration of speech- and voice-perception systems for native language talker identification. Human Brain Mapping, June 2007, Chicago.
Margulis, E.H., Uppunda, A.K., Mlsna, L.M., Parrish, T.B., Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Selective Neurophysiologic Responses to Timbre in Musicians with Different Listening. Human Brain Mapping, June 2007, Chicago.
Wong, P.C.M. (2007). Enhanced Lexical Tone Learning in Musicians: Behavioral and Neural Evidence. Language and Music as Cognitive Systems, May 2007, Cambridge.
Alexander, J., Wong, P.C.M, and Bradlow, A.R. (2007). On the interaction between speech-pitch processing and music-pitch processing. Language and Music as Cognitive Systems, May 2007, Cambridge.
Wong, P.C.M., Parrish, T.B., Perrachione, T.K., & Mazotas, A. (2006). Neural characteristics of successful and less successful speech and word learning in adults. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, June 2006, Florence.
Wong, P.C.M., Parrish, T.B., Perrachione, T.K., & Mazotas, A. (2006). Neural characteristics of successful and less successful speech and word learning in adults. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, June 2006, Florence.
Wong, P.C.M., Skoe, E., Russo, N.M., Dees, T., Kraus, N. (2007). Musical Experience Shapes Human Brainstem Encoding of Linguistic Pitch Patterns. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Conference, Mid-winter Meeting, February 2007, Denver.
Wong, P.C.M., Parrish, T.B., Perrachione, T.K., & Mazotas, A. (2006). Neural characteristics of successful and less successful speech and word learning in adults. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, June 2006, Florence.
Wong, P.C.M. & Srivastava, A. (2006). Changes in Speech Production in a Prelingually Deafened Adult with a Cochlear Implant. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Conference Mid-Winter Meeting, February 2006, Baltimore.
Wong, P.C.M. & Perrachione, T.K. (2005). Learning pitch patterns in lexical identification by native English-speaking adults. 11th International Conference on Processing Chinese and Other East Asian Languages, December 2005, Hong Kong.
Wong, P.C.M., Lee, K.M., & Parrish, T.B. (2005). Neural bases of listening to speech in noise. Proceedings of Interspeech 2005 - Eurospeech — 9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, September 2005, Lisbon.
Alexander, J., Wong, P.C.M., & Bradlow, A. (2005). Proceedings of Interspeech 2005 - Eurospeech — 9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, September 2005, Lisbon.
Wong, P.C.M., Nusbaum, H.C., Skipper, J.I., & Small, S.L. (April, 2003). Cortical activation associated with lexical tone acquisition. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, March 2003, New York City.
Wong, P.C.M., Parsons, L.M., Diehl, R.L., & Martinez, M. (2001). Brain basis of pitch perception: the effect of linguistic context. Society for Neuroscience Conference, November 2001, San Diego.
Wong, P.C.M., Diehl, R.L., Ho, S.L., Li, L.S.W., & Tsang, K.L. (2001). Perception of Cantonese Parkinsonian speech. The 141st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, June 2001, Chicago.
Wong, P.C.M. (1999). The effect of downdrift in the production and perception of Cantonese level tone. Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 1999, San Francisco.
Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). The effect of reduced tonal space in Parkinsonian speech on the perception of Cantonese tones. The 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 2nd Convention of the EAA, March 1999, Berlin.
Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). How Parkinson's Disease affects tone language and tells us about tone comprehension. The 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America ASA/EAA/DAGA Meeting Lay Language Papers, March 1999, Berlin.
Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). Melody-tone relation in Cantonese songs. The 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, March 1999, Berlin.
Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). The effect of duration on the perception of Cantonese level tones. The 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, March 1999, Berlin.
Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1998). Effects of spectral distance on vowel perception. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Acoustics and the 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, June 1998, Seattle.
Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1998). Effects of speaking fundamental frequency on the normalization of Cantonese level tones. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Acoustics and the 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, June 1998, Seattle.