Publications

Preprints

  1. Clarke, M.*, Tong, N.*, Van Hedger, K., & Van Hedger, S.C. (2025). Absorption facilitates nature-related restoration from spoken stories. PsyArXiv, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/u79jr_v1

  2. Zhao, Y.* & Van Hedger, S.C. (2025). The effects of binaural beats on attention, reading comprehension, and mood. PsyArXiv, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jk27g_v1

  3. Whiteford, K.L., Baltzell, L.S., Chiu, M., Cooper, J.K., Faucher, S., Goh, P.Y., Hagedorn, A., Irsik, V.C., Irvine, A., Lim, S.J., Mesik, J.L., Mesquita, B., Oakes, B., Rajappa, N., Roverud, E., Schrlau, A.E., Van Hedger, S.C., Bharadwaj, H.M., Johnsrude, I.S., Kidd Jr., G. Luebke, A.E., Maddox, R.K., Marvin, E.W., Perrachione, T.K., Shinn-Cunningham, B.G., & Oxenham, A.J. (2024). Musical training does not enhance neural sound encoding at early stages of the auditory system: A large-scale multisite investigation. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.02.610856

  4. Thomson, J.S.H.*, & Van Hedger, S.C. (2023). Effects of a brief online mindfulness intervention on cognition and affect in university students: A randomized longitudinal design. PsyArXiv, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zwbhe

  5. Van Hedger, S.C., Winspear, M., & Batterink, L.J. (2021). Talker variability facilitates the statistical learning of speech sounds, PsyArXiv, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/t8eyh

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  1. Ahmed, H.*, Van Hedger, K., Berman, M.G., & Van Hedger, S.C. (2025). Using degraded sounds to examine the relationship between cognitive restoration and preference. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 104, 102608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102608

  2. Henry, M., Obleser, J., Crusey, M., Fuller, E.R., Lee, Y.S., Meyer, M., Acosta, E.A.M., Van Hedger, S.C., Inbar, M., Oderbolz, C., Dunham, S.A., Anankul, Y., Sabo, L.E., Keitel, C., Maddox, R.K., Mehl, K., Aslan, G., Martens, P.A., Sauppe, S., Horovitz, M., Kinghorn, E.E., Koukouvinis, Bosker, H.R., Huviyetli, M., Leung, C., Symons, A.E., Strauß, A., Chait, M., Hu, M., Eulitz, C., Salagovic, C.A., Davis, C., Severijnen, G.G.A., Kosachenko, A.I., Alain, C., Kim, J., Grahn, J., Sidhu, R.K., Megighian, C., Butler, B.E., Sears, D., Herrmann, B., Griffiths, M.L., Landau, A.N., Razin, R., Grassi, M., Levitsky, A., Holt, L.L., Belfi, Stewart, H.J., Shinn-Cunningham, B., Gomez, C., Brookes, F., Smith, E.D., Axler, E.*, Bakardjian, K., Hochstrasser, D., Guiotto Nai Fovino, L., Tune, S., Pavlov, Y.G., Lee, K.A., Xavier, A.G., Keitel, A., Rogers, C.S., Maltseva, A., Strauss, J.L., Lodol, F.F., Arsiwala, N., & Peelle, J. (2025). How strong is the rhythm of perception? A registered replication of Hickok, Farahbod, and Saberi (2015). Royal Society Open Science, 12, 220497. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220497

  3. Van Hedger, S.C., Jovanovic, K.*, Grenier, A.*, & Hoh, S.Y.* (2025). Short-term pitch memory predicts both incidentally and intentionally acquired absolute pitch categories. Memory & Cognition. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-025-01686-0

  4. Cormier, H.*, Tsang, C.D., & Van Hedger, S.C. (2025). The role of attention in inducing a musically induced visual motion aftereffect. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 87, 480-497. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-024-02985-5

  5. Babalola, O.*, Van Hedger, K., & Van Hedger, S.C. (2024). Misophonia is associated with heightened emotion evocation by music. Current Psychology, 43, 36294-36305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-07050-w

  6. Bongiovanni, N.*, Chan, T.M.V., Van Hedger, S.C., Findley, C., & Hoeckner, B. (2024). Pitch height and mode have asymmetrical effects on the perception of mixed emotions in major and minor seventh chords. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000705

  7. Van Hedger, S.C., Halpern, A.R., Vollweiler, D.J., Smith, E.E.*, & Pfordresher, P.Q. (2024). Is Hey Jude in the right key? Cognitive components of absolute pitch memory. Memory & Cognition, 52, 1142-1151. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-024-01530-x

  8. Mathiesen, S.L., Van Hedger, S.C., Irsik, V.C., Bain, M.M., Johnsrude, I.S., & Herrmann, B. (2024). Exploring age differences in absorption and enjoyment during story listening. Psychology International, 6, 667-684. https://doi.org/10.3390/psycholint6020041

  9. Sweet, S., Van Hedger, S.C., & Batterink, L.J. (2024). Of words and whistles: Statistical learning operates similarly for identical sounds perceived as speech and non-speech. Cognition, 242, 105649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105649

  10. Hull, K.*, Van Hedger, K., & Van Hedger, S.C. (2024). Absorption relates to individual differences in visual face pareidolia. Current Psychology, 43, 4458-4474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04670-6

  11. Van Hedger, S.C., Bongiovanni, N.*, & Khudhair, H.* (2023). Some like it sharp: Song familiarity influences musical preference for absolute tuning. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000636

  12. Van Hedger, S.C., & Bongiovanni, N.* (2023). Widespread but limited in context: Absolute tuning judgments are disrupted by relative pitch cues. Music & Science, 6, , https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043231208626

  13. Schertz, K.E., Kotabe, H.P., Meidenbauer, K.L., Layden, E.A., Zhen, J., Bowman, J.E., Lakhtakia, T., Lyu, M., Paraschos, O.A., Janey, E.A., Samtani, A.L., Stier, A.J., Gehrke, K., Van Hedger, S.C., Vohs, K.D., & Berman, M.G. (2023). Nature's path to thinking about others and the surrounding environment. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 89, 102046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102046

  14. Van Hedger, S.C., Bongiovanni, N.*, Heald, S.L.M, & Nusbaum, H.C. (2023). Absolute pitch judgments of familiar melodies generalize across timbre and octave. Memory & Cognition, 51 , 1898-1910. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-023-01429-z

  15. Bongiovanni, N.*, Heald, S.L.M, Nusbaum, H.C., & Van Hedger, S.C. (2023). Generalizing across tonal context, timbre, and octave in rapid absolute pitch training. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 85(5), 525-542. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02653-0

  16. Alexander, E., Van Hedger, S.C., & Batterink, L.J. (2023). Learning words without trying: Daily second language podcasts support word-form learning in adults. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 30, 751-762. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02190-1

  17. Schertz, K.E., Bowman, J.E., Kotabe, H.P., Layden, E.A., Zhen, J., Lakhtakia, T., Lyu, M., Paraschos, O.A., Van Hedger, S.C., Rim, N.K., Vohs, K.D., & Berman, M.G. (2022). Environmental influences on affect and cognition: A study of natural and commercial semi-public spaces. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 101852, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101852

  18. Brancato, G.*, Van Hedger, K., Berman, M.G., & Van Hedger, S.C. (2022). Simulated nature walks improve psychological well-being along a natural to urban continuum. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 101779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101779

  19. Dumas, T.M., Ellis, W.E., Van Hedger, S.C., Litt, D.M., & MacDonald, M. (2022). Lockdown, bottoms up? Changes in adolescent substance use across the COVID-19 pandemic. Addictive Behaviors, 131, 107326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107326

  20. Van Hedger, S.C., Johnsrude, I.S., & Batterink, L.J. (2022). Musical instrument familiarity affects statistical learning of tone sequences. Cognition, 218, 104949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104949

  21. Heald, S.L.M., Van Hedger, S.C., Veillette, J., Reis, K., Snyder, J.S., & Nusbaum, H.C. (2022). Going beyond rote auditory learning: Neural patterns of generalized auditory learning. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34, https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01805

  22. Reis, K.S., Heald, S.L.M., Veillette, J.P., Van Hedger, S.C., & Nusbaum, H.C. (2021). Individual differences in human frequency-following response predict pitch labeling ability. Scientific Reports, 11, 14290, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93312-7

  23. Van Hedger, S.C., Veillette, J., Heald, S.L., & Nusbaum, H.C. (2020). Revisiting continuous versus discrete models of human behavior: The case of absolute pitch. PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244308

  24. Uddin, S., Reis, K., Van Hedger, S.C., Heald, S.L.M., & Nusbaum, H.C. (2020). Cortical mechanisms of talker normalization in fluent sentences. Brain & Language, 201, 104722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2019.104722

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