In prep/under review

Piazza, E. A.*, Iordan, M. C.*, Williams, J.*, & Hasson, U. (In prep). The impact of preprocessing parameters on inter-subject reliability in naturalistic fMRI paradigms. *Equal contribution

 

Peer-reviewed publications

Izen, S. C., Cassano-Coleman, R. Y., & Piazza, E. A. (2023). Music as a window into real-world communication. Frontiers in Psychology, 14.

Piazza, E. A., Nencheva, M., & Lew-Williams, C. (2021). The development of communication across timescales. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 30, 459-467.

Piazza, E. A., Cohen, A., Trach, J., & Lew-Williams, C. (2021). Neural synchrony predicts children’s learning of novel words. Cognition, 214, 104752.

Nencheva, M., Piazza, E. A., & Lew-Williams, C. (2020). The moment-to-moment pitch dynamics of child-directed speech shape toddlers' attention and learning. Developmental Science, e12997.

Piazza, E. A., Hasenfratz, L., Hasson, U., & Lew-Williams, C. (2020). Infant and adult brains are coupled to the dynamics of natural communication. Psychological Science, 31, 6-17.

Piazza, E. A., Theunissen, F. E., Wessel, D., & Whitney, D. (2018). Rapid adaptation to the timbre of natural sounds. Scientific Reports, 8, 13826.

Piazza, E. A., Denison, R. N., & Silver, M. A. (2018). Recent cross-modal statistical learning influences visual perceptual selection. Journal of Vision, 18(3):1, 1-12.

Piazza, E. A., Iordan, M. C., & Lew-Williams, C. (2017). Mothers consistently alter their unique vocal fingerprints when communicating with infants. Current Biology, 27, 3162-3167.

Piazza, E. A. & Silver, M. A. (2017). Relative spatial frequency processing drives hemispheric asymmetry in conscious awareness. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:559.

Liu, Y., Piazza, E. A., Simony, E., Shewokis, P., Onaral, B., Hasson, U., & Ayaz, H. (2017). Measuring speaker-listener neural coupling with functional near infrared spectroscopy. Scientific Reports, 7, 43293.

Piazza, E. A. & Silver, M. A. (2014). Persistent hemispheric differences in the perceptual selection of spatial frequencies. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26(9), 2021-2027.

Banks, M. S., Cooper, E. A., & Piazza, E. A. (2014). Camera focal length and the perception of pictures. Ecological Psychology, 26, 1-17.

Piazza, E. A., Sweeny, T., Wessel, D., Silver, M. A., & Whitney, D. (2013). Humans use summary statistics to perceive auditory sequences. Psychological Science, 24 (8), 1389-1397.

Cooper, E. A., Piazza, E. A., & Banks, M. S. (2012). The perceptual basis of common photographic practice. Journal of Vision, 12(5):8, 1-14.

Denison, R. N., Piazza, E. A., & Silver, M. A. (2011). Predictive context influences perceptual selection during binocular rivalry. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5:166, 1-11.

Navarra, J., Hartcher-O'Brien, J., Piazza, E. A., & Spence, C. (2009). Adaptation to audiovisual asynchrony modulates the speeded detection of sound. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 106, 9169-9173.

Massaro, D. W., Carreira-Perpinan, M. A., Merrill, D. J., Sterling, C., Bigler, S., Piazza, E., & Perlman, M. A. (2008). iGlasses: an automatic wearable speech supplement in face-to-face communication and classroom situations. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI 2008), 197-198. V. Digalakis, A. Potamianos, M. Turk, R. Pieraccini, Y. Ivanov (eds.)

 

Selected conference presentations

Piazza, E. A., Cassano, R., Iordan, M. C., Williams, J., Izen, S., & Hasson, U. (2021). A naturalistic approach to studying temporal processing during musical performance. Talk to be presented at the 181st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA, November 29-December 3.

Piazza, E. A., Cohen, A., & Lew-Williams, C. (2020). Neural synchrony predicts novel word learning from storybooks. Talk presented at the 22nd Biennial International Congress of Infant Studies, Virtual conference, July 6-9.

Piazza, E. A., Cohen, A., & Lew-Williams, C. (2019). Neural synchrony predicts novel word learning from storybooks. Talk presented at the 44th Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA, November 7-10.

Piazza, E. A., Iordan, M. C., Hasenfratz, L., Hasson, U., & Lew-Williams, C. (2019). Using naturalistic paradigms to study how adult speakers accommodate infant listeners’ unique processing demands. Invited talk presented at the 177th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Louisville, KY, May 13-18.

Piazza, E. A., Hasenfratz, L., Hasson, U., & Lew-Williams, C. (2018). Infant and adult brains are coupled to the dynamics of social behavior during real-life communication. Talk* presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 3-7.

*Selected to chair talk session

Nencheva, M., Piazza, E. A., & Lew-Williams, C. (2018). The real-time dynamics of child-directed speech: Using pupillometry to evaluate children’s processing of natural pitch contours. Talk presented at the 43rd Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA, November 2-4.

Piazza, E. A., Hasenfratz, L., Hasson, U., & Lew-Williams, C. (2018). Infant and adult brains are coupled to the dynamics of social behaviors during naturalistic communication. Talk presented at the 43rd Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA, November 2-4.

Piazza, E. A., Hasenfratz, L., Hasson, U., & Lew-Williams, C. (2018). Neural coupling between infants and adults supports successful communication. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Madison, WI, July 25-28.

Piazza, E. A., Hasenfratz, L., Hasson, U., & Lew-Williams, C. (2018). Neural coupling between infants and adults underlies naturalistic communication. Talk presented at the 21st Biennial International Congress of Infant Studies, Philadelphia, PA, June 30-July 3.

Piazza, E. A., Iordan, M. C., Hasson, U., & Lew-Williams, C. (2017). The importance of “motherese”: Early drivers of successful communication. Poster presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C., November 11-15.

Piazza, E. A., Iordan, M. C., & Lew-Williams, C. (2017). Mothers consistently alter the unique statistical fingerprint of their voice when communicating with their infants. Talk presented at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning, Bilbao, Spain, June 28-30.

Piazza, E. A., Iordan, M. C., & Lew-Williams, C. (2017). Timbre code-switching: How mothers alter their unique vocal statistics to communicate with their children. Talk presented at the 2017 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX, April 6-8.

Piazza, E. A., Theunissen, F. E., Wessel, D. & Whitney, D. (2016). Rapid adaptation to the timbre of natural sounds. Poster* presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 12-16.

*Presentation selected for inclusion in SfN’s Hot Topics news release

Piazza, E. A., Theunissen, F. E., Wessel, D. & Whitney, D. (2016). Listeners rapidly adapt to musical timbre. Poster presented at the 14th Meeting of the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, San Francisco, CA, July 5-9.

Piazza, E. A., Denison, R. N., Sweeny, T., Sheynin, J., Silver, M. A., & Whitney, D. (2014). The optimal time scale of statistical summary in human auditory perception. Talk presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C., November 15-19.

Piazza, E. A., Sweeny, T. D., Wessel, D., Silver, M. A., & Whitney, D. (2013). Auditory ensemble coding: an efficient mechanism for perceiving tone sequences. Talk presented at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 8-11.

Piazza, E., Denison, R., Schram, M., & Silver, M. (2013). Recently learned multimodal associations influence visual perceptual selection. Poster presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, April 13-16.

Piazza, E., Denison, R. N., Schram, M., & Silver, M. A. (2012). Implicit multisensory statistical learning influences visual perceptual selection. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL, May 11-16.

Piazza, E., Sweeny, T., Wessel, D., & Whitney, D. (2011). Ensemble coding in audition. Talk presented at the 12th International Multisensory Research Forum, Fukuoka, Japan, October 17-20.