Applied Psycholinguistics

Saito, Kazuya and Sun, Hui and Tierney, Adam (2020) Domain-general auditory processing determines success in second language pronunciation learning in adulthood: a longitudinal study. Applied Psycholinguistics 41 (5), pp. 1083-1112. ISSN 0142-7164.

Bilingualism: Language and Cognition

Saito, Kazuya and Sun, Hui and Tierney, Adam (2019) Explicit and implicit aptitude effects on second language speech learning: scrutinizing segmental and suprasegmental sensitivity and performance via behavioural and neurophysiological measures. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 22 (5), pp. 1123-1140. ISSN 1366-7289.

Brain and Language

Kachlicka, M. and Saito, Kazuya and Tierney, Adam (2019) Successful second language learning is tied to robust domain-general auditory processing and stable neural representation of sound. Brain and Language 192 , pp. 15-24. ISSN 0093-934X.

Woodruff Carr, K. and Fitzroy, A. and Tierney, Adam and White-Schwoch, T. and Kraus, N. (2017) Incorporation of feedback during beat synchronization is an index of neural maturation and reading skills. Brain and Language 164 , pp. 43-52. ISSN 0093-934X.

Tierney, Adam and Kraus, N. (2013) The ability to tap to a beat relates to cognitive, linguistic, and perceptual skills. Brain and Language 124 (3), pp. 225-231. ISSN 0093-934X.

Cerebral Cortex

Tierney, Adam and Dick, Frederic and Deutsch, D. and Sereno, Martin I. (2013) Speech versus song: multiple pitch-sensitive areas revealed by a naturally occurring musical illusion. Cerebral Cortex 23 (2), pp. 249-254. ISSN 1047-3211.

Clinical Neurophysiology

Krizman, J. and Tierney, Adam and Fitzroy, A.B. and Skoe, E. and Amar, J. and Kraus, N. (2015) Continued maturation of auditory brainstem function during adolescence: a longitudinal approach. Clinical Neurophysiology 126 (12), pp. 2348-2355. ISSN 1388-2457.

Tierney, Adam and Strait, D.L. and O'Connell, S. and Kraus, N. (2013) Developmental changes in resting gamma power from age three to adulthood. Clinical Neurophysiology 124 (5), pp. 1040-1042. ISSN 1388-2457.

Cognition

Saito, Kazuya and Kachlicka, Magdalena and Suzukida, Yui and Petrova, Katya and Lee, B. and Tierney, Adam (2022) Auditory precision hypothesis-L2: dimension-specific relationships between auditory processing and second language learning. Cognition 229 , ISSN 0010-0277.

Jasmin, Kyle and Sun, Hui and Tierney, Adam (2021) Effects of language experience on domain-general perceptual strategies. Cognition 206 (104481), ISSN 0010-0277.

Cortex

Omote, Akihiro and Jasmin, Kyle and Tierney, Adam (2017) Successful non-native speech perception is linked to frequency following response phase consistency. Cortex 93 , pp. 146-154. ISSN 0010-9452.

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Woodruff Carr, K. and Tierney, Adam and White-Schwoch, T. and Kraus, N. (2016) Intertrial auditory neural stability supports beat synchronization in preschoolers. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 17 , pp. 76-82. ISSN 1878-9293.

Developmental Science

Guerra, Giada and Tierney, Adam and Tijm, J. and Vaessen, A. and Bonte, M. and Dick, Fred (2023) Attentional modulation of neural sound tracking in children with and without dyslexia. Developmental Science , ISSN 1363-755x.

Tierney, Adam and Strait, D.L. and Kraus, N. (2013) Resting gamma power is linked to reading ability in adolescents. Developmental Science 17 (1), pp. 86-93. ISSN 1363-755x.

Empirical Musicology Review

Tierney, Adam and Bergeson, T. and Pisoni, D. (2008) Effects of early musical experience on auditory sequence memory. Empirical Musicology Review 3 (4), pp. 178-186. ISSN 1559-5749.

European Journal of Neuroscience

Tierney, Adam and Kraus, N. (2016) Getting back on the beat: links between auditory-motor integration and precise auditory processing at fast time scales. European Journal of Neuroscience 43 (6), pp. 782-791. ISSN 0953-816X.

Frontiers In Educational Psychology

Tierney, Adam and Krizman, J. and Skoe, E. and Johnston, K. and Kraus, N. (2013) High school music classes enhance the neural processing of speech. Frontiers In Educational Psychology 4 (855), ISSN 1664-1078.

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Fitzroy, A. and Krizman, J. and Tierney, Adam and Agouridou, M. and Kraus, N. (2015) Longitudinal maturation of auditory cortical function during adolescence. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience , ISSN 1662-5161.

Tierney, Adam and Kraus, N. (2014) Auditory-motor entrainment and phonological skills: precise auditory timing hypothesis (PATH). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8 (949), ISSN 1662-5161.

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Krizman, J. and Tierney, Adam and Nicol, T. and Kraus, N. (2021) Listening in the moment: how bilingualism interacts with task demands to shape active listening. Frontiers in Neuroscience , ISSN 1662-453X.

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Tierney, Adam and Kraus, N. (2013) Neural responses to sounds presented on and off the beat of ecologically valid music. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 7 (14), ISSN 1662-5137.

Hearing Research

Holt, L.L. and Tierney, Adam and Guerra, G. and Laffere, A. and Dick, Frederic (2018) Dimension-selective attention as a possible driver of dynamic, context-dependent re-weighting in speech processing. Hearing Research 366 , pp. 50-64. ISSN 0378-5955.

Tierney, Adam and Parbery-Clark, A. and Skoe, E. and Kraus, N. (2011) Frequency-dependent effects of background noise on subcortical response timing. Hearing Research 282 (1-2), pp. 145-150. ISSN 0378-5955.

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Slater, J. and Ashley, R. and Tierney, Adam and Kraus, N. (2018) Got rhythm? Better inhibitory control is linked with more consistent drumming and enhanced neural tracking of the musical beat in adult percussionists and nonpercussionists. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 30 (1), pp. 14-24. ISSN 0898-929X.

Tierney, Adam and White-Schwoch, T. and MacLean, J. and Kraus, N. (2017) Individual differences in rhythmic skills: links with neural consistency and linguistic ability. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 29 (5), pp. 855-868. ISSN 0898-929X.

Tierney, Adam and Kraus, N. (2015) Neural entrainment to the rhythmic structure of music. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 27 (2), pp. 400-408. ISSN 0898-929X.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Guerra, Giada and Tijms, J. and Tierney, Adam and Vaessen, A. and Dick, Fred and Bonte, M. (2024) Auditory attention influences trajectories of symbol-speech sound learning in children with and without dyslexia. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 237 , ISSN 0022-0965.

Tierney, Adam and Cardona Gomez, J. and Fedele, O. and Kirkham, Natasha Z. (2021) Reading ability in children relates to rhythm perception across modalities. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 210 (105196), ISSN 0022-0965.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Jasmin, Kyle and Dick, Frederic and Holt, Lori and Tierney, Adam (2020) Tailored perception: individuals’ speech and music perception strategies fit their perceptual abilities. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 149 (5), pp. 914-934. ISSN 0096-3445.

Tierney, Adam and Aniruddh, P. and Breen, M. (2018) Acoustic foundations of the speech-to-song illusion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 147 (6), pp. 888-904. ISSN 0096-3445.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Tierney, Adam and Patel, A. and Jasmin, Kyle and Breen, M. (2021) Individual differences in perception of the speech-to-song illusion are linked to musical aptitude but not musical training. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 47 (12), pp. 1681-1697. ISSN 0096-1523.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Symons, Ashley and Tierney, Adam (2023) Musical experience is linked to enhanced dimension-selective attention to pitch and increased primary weighting during suprasegmental categorization. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , ISSN 0278-7393.

Tierney, Adam and Rosen, S. and Dick, Frederic (2020) Speech-in-speech perception, non-verbal selective attention, and musical training. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 46 (5), pp. 968-979. ISSN 0278-7393.

Journal of Memory and Language

Saito, Kazuya and Kachlicka, M. and Sun, Hui and Tierney, Adam (2020) Domain-general auditory processing as an anchor of post-pubertal L2 pronunciation learning: behavioural and neurophysiological investigations of perceptual acuity, age, experience, development, and attainment. Journal of Memory and Language 115 (104168), ISSN 0749-596X.

Journal of Neuroscience

Tierney, Adam and Kraus, N. (2013) The ability to move to a beat is linked to the consistency of neural responses to sound. Journal of Neuroscience 33 (38), pp. 14981-14988. ISSN 0270-6474.

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Tierney, Adam (2018) Redundancy in the speech signal helps amusics perceive prosody. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144 (3), p. 1761. ISSN 0001-4966.

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Clopper, C. and Pisoni, D. and Tierney, Adam (2006) Effects of open-set and closed-set demands on spoken word recognition. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 17 , pp. 331-349. ISSN 1050-0545.

Language Learning

Saito, Kazuya and Train, M. and Suzukida, Yui and Tierney, Adam (2021) Domain-general auditory processing partially explains second language speech learning in classroom settings: a review and generalization study. Language Learning 71 (3), pp. 669-715. ISSN 0023-8333.

Language, Cognition and Neuroscience

Slater, J. and Kraus, N. and Woodruff Carr, K. and Tierney, Adam and Azem, A. and Ashley, R. (2017) Speech-in-noise perception is linked to rhythm production skills in adult percussionists and non-musicians. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 33 (6), pp. 710-717. ISSN 2327-3798.

Mind, Brain, and Education

Guerra, Giada and Tijms, J. and Vaessen, A. and Tierney, Adam and Dick, Fred and Bonte, M. (2020) Loudness and intelligibility of irrelevant background speech differentially hinder children's short story reading. Mind, Brain, and Education , ISSN 1751-228X.

Music Perception

Tierney, Adam and Patel, A. and Breen, M. (2018) Repetition enhances the musicality of speech and tone stimuli to similar degrees. Music Perception 35 (5), pp. 573-578. ISSN 0730-7829.

Savage, P. and Tierney, Adam and Patel, A. (2017) Global music recordings support the motor constraint hypothesis for human and avian song contour. Music Perception 34 (3), pp. 327-334. ISSN 0730-7829.

NeuroImage

Kachlicka, Magdalena and Laffere, Aeron and Dick, Fred and Tierney, Adam (2022) Slow phase-locked modulations support selective attention to sound. NeuroImage 252 (119024), ISSN 1053-8119.

Symons, Ashley and Dick, Fred and Tierney, Adam (2021) Dimension-selective attention and dimensional salience modulate cortical tracking of acoustic dimensions. NeuroImage 244 (118544), ISSN 1053-8119.

Laffere, Aeron and Dick, Frederic and Holt, L. and Tierney, Adam (2021) Attentional modulation of neural entrainment to sound streams in children with and without ADHD. NeuroImage 224 , p. 117396. ISSN 1053-8119.

Laffere, A. and Dick, Frederic and Tierney, Adam (2020) Effects of auditory selective attention on neural phase: individual differences and short-term training. NeuroImage 213 (116717), ISSN 1053-8119.

Neuroscience

Parbery-Clark, A. and Tierney, Adam and Strait, D. and Kraus, N. (2012) Musicians have fine-tuned neural distinction of speech syllables. Neuroscience 219 (6), pp. 111-119. ISSN 0306-4522.

PLoS One

Tierney, Adam and Kraus, N. (2015) Evidence for multiple rhythmic skills. PLoS One , ISSN 1932-6203.

Thompson, E.C. and White-Schwoch, T. and Tierney, Adam and Kraus, N. (2015) Beat synchronization across the lifespan: intersection of development and musical experience. PLoS One 10 (6), e0128839. ISSN 1932-6203.

Slater, J. and Tierney, Adam and Kraus, N. (2013) At-risk elementary school children with one year of classroom music instruction are better at keeping a beat. PLoS One 9 (1), ISSN 1932-6203.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Tierney, Adam and Krizman, J. and Kraus, N. (2015) Music training alters the course of adolescent auditory development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112 (32), pp. 10062-10067. ISSN 0027-8424.

Woodruff Carr, K. and White-Schwoch, T. and Tierney, Adam and Strait, D.L. and Kraus, N. (2014) Beat synchronization predicts neural speech encoding and reading readiness in preschoolers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (40), pp. 14559-14564. ISSN 0027-8424.

Tierney, Adam and Russo, F. and Patel, A. (2011) The motor origins of human and avian song structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108 (4), pp. 15510-15515. ISSN 0027-8424.

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Symons, Ashley and Dick, Fred and Tierney, Adam (2023) Salient sounds distort time perception and production. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review , ISSN 1069-9384.

Jasmin, Kyle and Tierney, Adam and Obasih, C. and Holt, L. (2023) Short-term perceptual reweighting in suprasegmental categorization. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 30 , pp. 373-382. ISSN 1069-9384.

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Symons, Ashley and Tierney, Adam (2023) Informational masking influences segmental and suprasegmental speech categorization. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review , ISSN 1069-9384.

Scientific Reports

Thompson, E. and Woodruff Carr, K. and White-Schwoch, T. and Tierney, Adam and Nicol, T. and Kraus, N. (2016) Hemispheric asymmetry of endogenous neural oscillations in young children: implications for hearing speech in noise. Scientific Reports 6 , p. 19737. ISSN 2045-2322.

Second Language Research

Zheng, C. and Saito, Kazuya and Tierney, Adam (2022) Successful second language pronunciation learning is linked to domain-general auditory processing rather than music aptitude. Second Language Research 38 (3), pp. 477-497. ISSN 0267-6583.

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Saito, Kazuya and Sun, H. and Kachlicka, M. and Alayo, J. and Nakata, T. and Tierney, Adam (2022) Domain-general auditory processing explains multiple dimensions of L2 acquisition in adulthood. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 44 (1), pp. 57-86. ISSN 0272-2631.

Sun, Hui and Saito, Kazuya and Tierney, Adam (2021) A longitudinal investigation of explicit and implicit auditory processing in L2 Segmental and Suprasegmental Acquisition. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 43 (3), pp. 551-573. ISSN 0272-2631.

TESOL Quarterly

Shao, Y. and Saito, Kazuya and Tierney, Adam (2023) How does having a good ear promote instructed second language pronunciation development? Roles of domain-general auditory processing in choral repetition training. TESOL Quarterly 57 (1), pp. 33-63. ISSN 0039-8322.

Wellcome Open Research

Jasmin, Kyle and Dick, Fred and Tierney, Adam (2021) The Multidimensional Battery of Prosody Perception (MBOPP). Wellcome Open Research 5 (4), ISSN 2398-502X.

eLife

Jasmin, Kyle and Dick, Frederic and Stewart, Lauren and Tierney, Adam (2020) Altered functional connectivity during speech perception in Congenital Amusia. eLife , ISSN 2050-084X.