Honda, C., Clayards, M., Baum, S. (2024) Exploring individual differences in native phonetic perception and their link to nonnative phonetic perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001191 [OSF files]
Zhang, W., Clayards, M. (2023) Contribution of acoustic cues to prominence ratings for four Mandarin vowels. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154(5), 3364-3373. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0022410 [OSF files]
Zhang, W., Clayards, M., Torreira, F. (2023) Phonological contrast effects in native imitation of the Mandarin flat-falling tonal continua. Journal of Phonetics, 101: 101277, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2023.101277 [OSF files]
Honda, C., Clayards, M., Baum, S. (2023). Individual differences in non-native phonetic perception: potential links to native perception, attention, & memory. In: Radek Skarnitzl & Jan Volín (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 172–176). Guarant International. [download]
Chen, X., Clayards, M., Goad, H., Kim, D. (2023). L1 effects on naive perception and production of [0] by mandarin and italian speakers. In: Radek Skarnitzl & Jan Volín (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 2492–2496). Guarant International. [download]
Zhai, A., Clayards, M., Goad, H. (2023). Individual variability in l1 category compactness on l2 production compactness and accuracy. In: Radek Skarnitzl & Jan Volín (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 2880–2884). Guarant International. [download]
Brekelmans, G., Lavan, N., Saito, H., Clayards, M., Wonnacott, E. (2022) Does high variability training improve the learning of non-native phoneme contrasts over low variability training? A replication. Journal of Memory and Language 126, 104352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2022.104352 [OSF files]
Lindsay, S., Clayards, M., Gennari, S., & Gaskell, M. G. (2022). Plasticity of categories in speech perception and production. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 1-25.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2021.2018471 [download]
Jiang, B., Clayards, M., & Sonderegger, M. (2020). Individual and dialect differences in perceiving multiple cues: A tonal register contrast in two Chinese Wu dialects. Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology, 11(1), 11. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/labphon.266
Kim, D., Clayards, M., & Kong, E. J. (2020). Individual differences in perceptual adaptation to unfamiliar phonetic categories. Journal of Phonetics, 81, 16p DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2020.100984.[pre print]
Kilbourn-Ceron, O., Clayards, M., Wagner, M. (2020) Predictability modulates pronunciation variants through speech planning effects: A case study on coronal stop realizations. Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology 11(1): 5, pp. 1–28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/labphon.168
Dong, H., Clayards, M., Brown, H., Wonnacott, E. (2019) The effects of high versus low talker variability and individual aptitude on phonetic training of Mandarin lexical tones. PeerJ, 7, e7191. doi:10.7717/peerj.7191OSF files
Colby, S., Shiller, D., Clayards, M., Baum, S. (2019). Different Responses to Altered Auditory Feedback in Younger and Older Adults Reflect Differences in Lexical Bias. Special issue of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62 (4S), 1144-1151. doi:10.1044/2018_JSLHR-H-ASCC7-18-0124 [pre print]
Kim, D., Clayards, M. (2019) Individual differences in the link between perception and production and the mechanisms of phonetic imitation. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 34:6, 769-786. doi:10.1080/23273798.2019.1582787 [pre print]
Knowles, T., Clayards, M., Sonderegger, M. (2018). Examining Factors Influencing the Viability of Automatic Acoustic Analysis of Child Speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61(10), 2487-2501. doi:10.1044/2018_JSLHR-S-17-0275 [pre print]
Colby, S., Clayards, M., Baum, S. (2018). The role of lexical ststus and individual differences for perceptual learning in younger and older adults. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 61(8), 1855–1874. doi:10.1044/2018_JSLHR-S-17-0392 [pre print]
Clayards, M. (2018) Differences in cue weights for speech perception are correlated for individuals within and across contrasts. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 144(3) doi:10.1121/1.5052025
Mackenzie, S., Olson, E., Clayards, M., Wagner, M. (2018). North American/l/both darkens and lightens depending on morphological constituency and segmental context. Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology, 9(1), 13. doi: http://doi.org/10.5334/labphon.104
Tao, J., Torreira, F., Clayards, M. (2018) Durational cues to word boundaries in spontaneous speech. Proceedings of the 9th Speech Prosody Conference in Posnan, Poland [download]
Kim, D., Clayards, M., Goad, H. (2018) The acquisition of new vowel contrasts by Korean learners of English: A longitudinal study. Journal of Phonetics, 67, 1-20. doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2017.11.003 [pre print]
Bang, H.-Y., Sonderegger, M , Kang. Y., Clayards, M., Yoon, T.-J., (2018) The emergence, progress, and impact of tonogenesis: Evidence from Seoul Korean. Journal of Phonetics, 66, 12-144. doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2017.09.005 [pre print]
Clayards, M. (2018, in press 2016) Individual talker and token variability in multiple cues to stop voicing. Phonetica. 75:1-23 doi:10.1159/000448809 [pre print]
Bang, H.-Y., Clayards., M., Goad, H. (2017) Compensatory Strategies in the Developmental Patterns of English /s/: Gender and Vowel Context Effects. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.Vol. 60, 571-591. doi:10.1044/2016_JSLHR-L-15-0381 [pre print]
Giannakopoulou, A., Brown, H., Clayards, M., Wonnacott, E. (2017) High or Low? Comparing high- and low-variability phonetic training in adult and child second language learners. PeerJ 5:e3209 doi:10.7717/peerj.3209
Colby, S., Poulton, V., Clayards, M. (2017). The role of inhibition in older and younger adults’ lexical competition. Proceedings of Acoustics Week in Canada.[pdf]
Perillo, S., Bang, H.-Y., Clayards, M. (2017) Locus equation metrics as an index of coarticulation resistance: the effect of prosodic prominence. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 25:1, 10 pages. doi:10.1121/2.0000390
Killbourne-Cerone, O., Wagner, M., Clayards, M. (accepted 2016) The effect of production planning locality on external sandhi:a study in /t/. Proceedings of the Chicago Linguistics Association. [pdf]
Kim, D., Clayards, M., Goad, H. (2016) Individual differences in second language speech perception across tasks and contrasts. Linguistics Vanguard. 2(1), 11p. doi:10.1515/lingvan-2016-0025. [here] [preprint]
Knowles, T., Clayards, M., Sonderegger, M., Wagner, M., Nadig, A., Onishi, K. (2015) Automatic forced alignment on child speech: Directions for improvement. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, Vol. 21, 6 pages. doi:10.1121/1.4801082
Clayards, M., Knowles, T. (2015) Prominence enhances voiceless-ness and not place distinction in English voiceless sibilants. Proceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Glasgow, UK. [Online]
Bang, H.-Y., Sonderegger, M. Kang. Y., Clayards, M., Yoon, T.-J. (2015) The effect of word frequency on the timecourse of tonogensis in Seoul Korean. Proceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Glasgow, UK. [Online]
Bang, H.Y., Clayards, M., Goad, H. (2015) A child-specific compensatory mechanism in the acquisition of English /s/. Proceedings of the 39th Boston Conference on Child Language, Cascadilla Press. 13 pages. doi:10.1121/1.4900167
Clayards, M., Niebuhr, O., Gaskell, M.G. (2015) The time course of auditory and language-specific mechanisms in compensation for sibilant assimilation. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. 77:1, 311-328. doi:10.3758/s13414-014-0750-z [view online][Erratum]
Fleischer, D., Wagner, M., Clayards, M. (2013) A following sibilant increases the ambiguity of a sibilant continuum. Proceedings of Meeting on Acoustics (POMA), Vol. 19. doi:10.1121/1.4800753
Schreiber, E., Onishi, K., Clayards, M. (2013) Manipulating phonological boundaries using distributional cues. Proceedings of Meeting on Acoustics (POMA), Vol. 19. 9 pages. doi:10.1121/1.4801082
Brosseau-Lapré, F., Rvachew, S., Clayards, M., Dixon, D. (2013) Stimulus variability and perceptual learning of non-native vowel categories. Applied Psycholinguistics. 34 (3), 419-441 doi:10.1017/S0142716411000750
Clayards, M., Doty, E. (2011) Automatic analysis of sibilant assimilation in English. Proceedings of Acoustics Week in Canada. Canadian Acoustics, 39(3), 194-195. [Online]
Niebuhr, O., Clayards, M., Meunier, C., Lancia, L. (2011) On place assimilation within sibilant sequences – comparing French and English. Journal of Phonetics, 39, 429-451. doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2011.04.003
Bejjanki, V.R., Clayards, M., Knill, D.C., Aslin, R.N., (2011) Cue integration in categorical tasks: insights from audio-visual speech perception. PLOS one 6(5): e19812. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019812
Clayards, M. (2010) Using probability distributions to account for recognition of canonical and reduced word forms. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Society of America. doi:10.3765/exabs.v0i0.529.
Clayards, M., Tanenhaus, M.K., Aslin, R.N., Jacobs, R.A., (2008) Perception of speech reflects optimal use of probabilistic speech cues. Cognition, 108(3), 804-809. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2008.04.004.pubmed free access
McMurray, B., Clayards, M., Tanenhaus, M.K., Aslin, R.N., (2008) Tracking the time course of phonetic cue integration during spoken word recognition. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 15(6), 1064-1071. doi:10.3758/PBR.15.6.1064pubmed free access
Book Chapters
Zellers, M., Schuppler, B., Clayards, M. (2018) “Introduction, or: why rethink reduction?” In M. Zeller, F. Cangemi, O. Niebuhr, B. Schuppler, M. Clayards Eds. Rethinking Reduction, Mouton de Gruyter. [preprint][erratum]
Rvachew, S. & Clayards, M. (2019) Theories of Speech Perception. In Jack S. Damico, & Martin, J. Ball (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders. SAGE. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n578
Rvachew, S., Mattock, K., Clayards, M., Chiang, P., Brosseau-Lapré, F. (2011) Perceptual considerations in multilingual adult and child speech acquisition. In S. McLeod and B. Goldstein Eds. Multilingual Aspects of Speech Sound Disorders in Children: Channel View Books. pp. 57-70
Aslin, R.N., Clayards, M.A, Bardhan, N.P., (2008) Mechanisms of auditory development: From sounds to words. In C. Nelson Ed. Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Second Edition. p97-116.
Selected Conference Presentations
Zurita, A.M.I., Clayards, M. (2022, August) F0 in Spanish L1 and L2 word segmentation. Talk presented at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children, Tromsø, Norway.
Honda, C.T., Clayards, M., Baum, S.R. (2022, June) Neural and behavioural predictors of successful second language perception. Poster presented at the 4th FFR Workshop in Barcelona, Spain.[Poster]
Clayards, M., Amir, N., Otto, R. (2021, November) Individual variation in top-down effects is domain specific. Talk presented virtually at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.[talk]
Zhang, W., Wagner, M., Clayards, M. (2021, December) The interaction between focus and phrasing in Mandarin high-flat and falling tones. Poster presented virtually at the 1st International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI) in Sonderborg, Denmark.[Poster]
Vieira, M., Clayards, M., Auclaire Oulette, N. (2020) Acoustic correlates of laryngeal control: Parkinson's and healthy older adults. Poster presented virtually at Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
Clayards, M., Suh, C., Otto, R., (2020, November) Individual differences in top-down lexical processing linked to cognitive inhibition. Poster presented virtually at the 60th meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Austin, Texas.[Poster]
Jiang, B., Dunbar, E., Sonderegger, M., Clayards, M., & Dupoux, E. (2020, July). Modelling Perceptual Effects of Phonology with ASR Systems. Poster presentation at CogSci 2020-42nd Annual Virtual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Clayards, M., Suh, C., Otto, R., (2020) Inhibition Mediates Individual Differences in Top-Down Lexical Processing. Poster presented at 17th conference on Laboratory Phonology, Vancouver, Canada [Poster]
Jiang, B., Clayards, M., Ravanelli, M. & O’Donnell, T.J. (2019) A neural network approach to investigate tone space in Mandarin Chinese”. Poster presentation at the 177th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Louisville, Kentucky, May, 2019.[Poster]
Kim, D. & Clayards, M. (2019). Individual differences in plasticity in speech perception under cognitive load. Presented at the 5th International Conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication. June 11. Linköping, Sweden. [Poster]
Tao, J., Torreira, F., Clayards, M. (2018, November) Perception of word boundaries in spontaneous speech in English. Poster presentation at the Acoustical Society of America, Victoria, Canada. [Poster]
Tao, J., Torreira, F., Clayards, M. (2018, June) Durational cues in spontaneous speech. Poster presentation at LabPhon16, Lisbon, Portugal. [Poster]
Colby, S., Poulton, V., Clayards, M. (2017, December) Inhibitory and lexical frequency effects in younger and older adults’ spoken word recognition. Poster presentation at the Acoustical Society of America, New Orleans, LA. [Poster]
Colby, S., Poulton, V., Clayards, M. (2017, April) Inhibition predicts lexical competition in older adults’ spoken word recognition. Poster presentation at Speech Perception and Production Across the Lifespan, London, UK.[Poster]
Bang, H.-Y., & Clayards, M. (2016). Structured Variation across Sound Contrasts, Talkers, and Speech Styles. 15th Conference on Laboratory Phonology, Jul 13-17, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA. [Poster]
Clayards, M., Wonnacott, E. (2013, October 25) A case study of childhood L2 learning of phonological contrasts. Poster presentation at the International Conference on Multilingualism, Montreal, QC. [Poster]
Clayards, M., Toscano, J. (2010, August) Modeling age of exposure in L2 learning of vowel categories. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Portland, OR. [Poster]