My current research is concentrated in two areas: 1) mechanisms and
processes of human sound localization and 2) development of complex
auditory
processing skills. In connection with work in the first area, investigators
in my laboratory have developed methods for simulating three-dimensional
auditory space with headphone-presented sounds, and we continue to
use these
methods to study the interactions among the acoustic cues to sound
position.
Our developmental research focuses on assessment of the abilities of
preschool and school-ages children to make complex auditory discriminations,
such as between spectral patterns.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Allen, P., & Wightman, F.L. (1995). Effects of Signal and Masker
Uncertainty on Children's Detection.
Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 38, 503-511.
Wightman, F.L. & Jenison, R.L. (1995). Auditory spatial layout. In W. Epstein and S.J. Rogers (Eds.), Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Volume 5: Perception of Space and Motion. Orlando, FL: Academic Press.
Allen, P., & Wightman, F.L. (1994). Psychometric Functions for Children's
Detection of Tones in Noise.
Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37, 205-215.
Wightman, F.L. & Kistler, D.J. (1993). Sound localization. In W.
Yost, A. Popper and R. Fay (Eds.), Springer
Handbook of Auditory Research: Human Psychophysics. New York: Springer-Verlag
(pp. 155-192).