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Recent Work:

 

Borsky, S., Shapiro, L., and Tuller, B. (2000). The temporal unfolding of local acoustic information and sentence context. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 29(2): 155-168.

Ding, M., Chen, Y., Kelso, J.A.S., & Tuller, B. (2000). Self-organizing dynamics in human sensorimotor coordination and perception. In J. Walleczek (Ed.), Self-Organized Biological Dynamics and Nonlinear Control by External Stimuli. Cambridge University Press.

Berent, I., Bouissa, R., & Tuller, B. (2001). The effect of shared structure and content on reading nonwords: Evidence for a CV skeleton. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 27, 1042-1057.

Tuller, B. (2002). Invited Commentary: Computational Models in Speech Perception. Temporal Integration in the Perception of Speech, ISCA Workshop on Speech Perception, Aix-en-Provence, France, April 8-10, 2002.

Tuller, B. (2002). Invited Commentary: Cognition. Coordination Dynamics 2002, Delray Beach, FL, May 9-11.

Tuller, B., Case, P., & Kelso, J. A. S. (2002). Testing predictions of a nonlinear dynamical model of speech perception. Temporal Integration in the Perception of Speech, ISCA Workshop on Speech Perception, Aix-en-Provence, France, April 8-10, 2002.

Tuller, B., Olvera, D., Steinberg, F., and Kelso, J.A.S. (2002) Differential brain activation in nonverbal learning disabled (NLD) teenagers: words versus touch. Program No. 278.4, 2002 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2002. CD-ROM

Vallabha, G. & Tuller, B. (2002). The role of temporal structure in segmental stability. Temporal Integration in the Perception of Speech, ISCA Workshop on Speech Perception, Aix-en-Provence, France, April 8-10, 2002.

Vallabha, G.K., & Tuller, B. (2002). Influence of formant transitions and linguistic relevance on vowel imitation.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 112, 2248.

Vallabha, G.K. & Tuller, B. (2002). Systematic errors in formant analysis of steady-state vowels. Speech Communication 38,  141-160.

Woedl, A., Tuller B., & Hess, R. (2002). Shepard tones, hysteresis and schizophrenia. Der Nervernarzt, Suppl. 1,  S199-S200.

Woedl, A., Tuller B., & Hess, R. (2002). Shepard tones, hysteresis and schizophrenia. 37th Winter Seminar, Biophysical Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cybernetics, Jan 16-30, 2002, Klosters, Switzerland.

Case, P., Tuller, B., & Kelso, J.A.S. (2003). The dynamics of learning to hear new speech sounds.   Speech Pathology. Nov 17, 2003. http://www.speechpathology.com/articles/arc_disp.asp?article_id=50&catid=560

Tuller, B., Olvera, D., Steinberg, F., and Kelso, J.A.S. (2003). Differential brain activation in nonverbal learning disabled (NLD) teenagers: words versus touch. The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, May 10-16, 2003

Raczaszek, J., Shapiro, L., Tuller, B., & Kelso, J.A.S. (in press). Category names in context: On-line adaptation during sentence comprehension. Language and Cognitive Processes.

Giangrande, J., Tuller, B., & Kelso, J.A.S. (2003). Perception of pitch motion. Music Perception 20, 241-262.

Tuller, B. (2003). Computational models in speech perception. Journal of Phonetics 31,  503-507.

Tuller, B. (2004). Categorization and learning in speech perception as dynamical processes. Tutorials in Contemporary Nonlinear Methods for the Behavioral Sciences. M. A. Riley & G.C. Van Orden (Eds.). http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/pac/nmbs/nmbs.jsp

Vallabha, G.K. & Tuller, B. (2004). Perceptuomotor bias in the initation of steady-state vowels. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116, 1184-1197.

Vallabha, G.K. & Tuller, B. (2004). Patterns of acoustic errors in the imitation of speech,  Speech Pathology, May 5, 2004. http://www.speechpathology.com/articles/arc_disp.asp?article_id=66&catid=495

Almonte F.,  Jirsa V. K., Large E. W. & Tuller B. (2005). A cortical model of auditory streaming.  Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena.

Tuller, B., Jantzen, K., Olvera, D., Steinberg, F., & Kelso, J.A.S. (in press). Differential brain activation in nonverbal learning disabled for tactile and verbal instruction: Two case histories. Journal of Learning Disabilities.

Nguyen, N., Wauquier-Gravelines, S., Lancia, L., & Tuller, B. (in press). On the perceptual provessing of liaison consonants in French.. In Current Issues in Linguistic Theory. John Benjamins: London.

Vallabha, G. K. and Tuller, B. (submitted). Say aah: Diagnosing the inaccuracies in vowel imitation

Tuller, B., Valk, T.W., Dougherty, C., & Jacobson, D.  (submitted). The Effect of Metabolic Activation Therapy on Circulating Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus:  Reduction of Endothelin-1 using pulsatile insulin infusion


Current Grants:

2004-2007 NSF grant 0414657, “A dynamical framework for phonological learning.” Principal Investigator: Betty Tuller. Total costs: $350,000. BCS-0414657

2004-2006  French Ministry of Research and National Center for Scientific Research. “Vers un modele de l'emergence des representations symboliques dans le traitement de la parole.” Co-Principal Investigators: Noel Nguyen, Aix en Provence, France, and Betty Tuller.

2004-2007 Office of Naval Research. “Novice to expert: A dynamical framework for learning.” Principal Investigator: Betty Tuller. Total costs: $524,960.

2005-2006 Advanced Diabetes Research Centers. “A comparison of conventional and pulsatile insulin administration in diabetes.” Principal Investigator: Betty Tuller. Total costs: $20,000.

2005-2007 Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer’s Center and Research Institute. “Glucose hypometabolism and amyloid plaque formation in Alzheimer’s disease: A dual-tracer PET study.” Principal Investigator: Betty Tuller. Total costs: $95,000.