Publications


Preprints

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, doi: 10.31234/osf.io/zwbhe

Cormier, H.*, Tsang, C.D., & Van Hedger, S.C. (2023). The role of attention in inducing a musically induced visual motion aftereffect. PsyArXiv, doi: 10.31234/osf.io/vh9n6

Bongiovanni, N.*, Chan, T.M.V., Van Hedger, S.C., Findley, C., & Hoeckner, B. (2023). Pitch height and mode have asymmetrical effects on the perception of mixed emotions in seventh chords. PsyArXiv, doi: 10.31234/osf.io/jmq3w

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

Peer-Reviewed Articles

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. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105649

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. doi: 10.1037/aca0000636

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

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. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102046

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. doi: 10.3758/s13421-023-01429-z

Hull, K.*, Van Hedger, K., & Van Hedger, S.C. (2023). Absorption relates to individual differences in visual face pareidolia. Current Psychology, doi: 10.1007/s12144-023-04670-6

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. doi: 10.3758/s13414-023-02653-0

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. doi: 10.3758/s13423-022-02190-1

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, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101852

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. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101779

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. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107326

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

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, doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01805

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, doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-93312-7

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, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244308

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. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2019.104722

* denotes HAP Lab undergraduate student