Lab Photos

Here are some projects from past years, along with a reference page.

References

Davey, S., & García-Sierra, A. (2023, April). Monolingual versus Bilingual Brains: Who Will Display More
Top-Down Processing in an Unfamiliar Language Environment? Poster presented at Language
Fest at Storrs. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Andrea, M., Rakovan, S., Khan, A., LaSpada, E., Urios-Aparisi, E., and García-Sierra, A. (2023, April). The
Intricacies of Sentence Processing: Exploring the Interaction Between the Two Grammars of
Bilinguals. Poster presented at Language Fest at Storrs. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Smith, C. & García-Sierra, A. (2021 April). Effects of Presentation Contrast, Ear, and Hand Manipulations
on Phoneme Perception. Poster presented at Language Fest. University of Connecticut, Storrs,
CT.

Cieplak, R., Power, J., Wig, N., García-Sierra, A. (2021 April). Acceptability Judgments: A first step into the
interaction between bilinguals’ two grammars in sentence processing. Poster presented at
Language Fest. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

García-Sierra, A., Smith, C., & Dias., C. (2019, April). My dominant hand speaks my language: Hand
effects are specific to linguist experience. Poster presented at Language Fest. University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Welsh, E., Flores, C., Beacham. S, & García-Sierra, A. (2019, April). Finding familiarity in the unfamiliar:
Speech perception in different linguistic contexts. Poster presented at Language Fest. University
of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Wig, N., Lombardi, A., Kane, L., & García-Sierra, A. (2019, April). Matching the Mismatch: How bilinguals’
MMN reflects the interaction between perceptual and conceptual cues in speech perception.
Poster presented at Language Fest. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Wig, N., & García-Sierra, A. (2018, October). Acoustic validity for syntactic processing in cross-linguistic
contexts among Spanish-English bilinguals. Invited talk delivered at IGERT University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Duncan, M. G., & García-Sierra, A. (2018, February). Bilinguals’ double phonemic boundary shift: Not
one of normal nature. Invited talk delivered at IGERT University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Duncan, G., Polcaro, S., Tozzi, A., Duntz, T., & García-Sierra, A. (2018, May). On a native note: Brain
responses to speech sounds in different phonetic contexts. Poster presented at Language Fest.
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Fagan, K., Constantine, K., Cammisa, C., & García-Sierra, A. (2018, May). Neural representation of finding
familiarity in foreign contexts. Poster presented at Language Fest. University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT.

Wig, N., Marmolejos, A., Sabo, K., & García-Sierra, A., (2018, May). The role of frontal brain areas in
bilinguals’ speech perception between different language contexts. Poster presented at
Language Fest. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Wig, N., Marmolejos, A., Sabo. K, & García-Sierra, A. (2018, April). Context Counts: The role of frontal
brain areas in bilinguals’ speech perception between different language contexts. Poster
presented at FRONTIERS University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Polcaro, S., Duntz, T., Tozzi, A., & García-Sierra, A. (2018, April). On a native note: Brain responses to
speech sounds in different phonetic contexts. Poster presented at FRONTIERS. University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Constantine, K., Cammisa, C., Fagan, K., & García-Sierra, A. (2018, April). Setting the boundaries: How
native language impacts the plasticity of phonemic perception. Poster presented at FRONTIERS.
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Wig, N., Tozzi, A., Singh, P., & García-Sierra, A. (2017, April). The three most attractive vowels to infants:
How bilingual caregivers’ speech signal influences later word production. Poster presented at
Language Fest. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Constantine, K., Fagan, K., Polcaro, S., & García-Sierra, A. (2017, April). Quality or quantity? The defining
factors of bilingual infants' later word production. Poster presented at FRONTIERS at the
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Wig, N., Tozzi, A., Singh, P., & García-Sierra, A. (2017, April). Bilingual caregivers' Spanish vowel space
area affects infants' later word production. Poster presented at FRONTIERS at the University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Constantine, K., Fagan, K., Polcaro, S., and García-Sierra, A. (2017, April). Effect of caregivers' quantity
and quality of speech on bilingual infants' later word production. Poster presented at
FRONTIERS at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Casale, K., Duncan, G., & García-Sierra, A. (2016, April). The context that sets up the boundary. Poster
presented at Language Fest. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Casale, K., Duncan, G., & García-Sierra, A. (2016, April). You hear what you speak. Poster presented at
FRONTIERS at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Maule, A., Albino, R., García-Sierra, A., & Ramírez-Esparza, N. (2015, April). My mom has an accent:
Linking bilingual caregivers’ productions of speech with their children’s future langue abilities.
Poster to be presented at Language Fest. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Dwyer, A., Porter, K., Sakowicz, B., Moulton, M., & García-Sierra, A. (2014, April). Changes in pitch in
monolingual and bilingual caregivers when speaking English to their infants. Poster presented at
Language Fest. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Dwyer, A., Porter, K., Sakowicz, B., Fromson, J., & García-Sierra, A. (2014, October). Effects of pitch input
to monolingual infants on later word production. Poster presented at Neuroscience at Storrs.
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Achuka, P., Dwyer, M., Fischl, A., Khan, S., & García-Sierra, A. (2014, October). The relationship between
bilingual caregivers' VOT production and infant speech discrimination. Poster presented at
Neuroscience at Storrs. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Albino, R., Maule, A., Eydelman, M., Nelson, A., & García-Sierra, A. (2014, October). Relationship of
voice-onset time of bilingual caregivers when speaking English and Spanish to their infant and its
effects on later word production. Poster presented at Neuroscience at Storrs. University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT.