Selected Publications

Zane, E., & Shafer, V. (2018). Mixed metaphors: Electrophysiological brain responses to (un)expected concrete and abstract prepositional phrases. Brain Research, 1680, 77–92.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2017.12.008[doi.org]

Wagner, M., Shafer, V. L., Haxhari, E., Kiprovski, K., Behrmann, K., & Griffiths, T. (2017). Stability of the Cortical Sensory Waveforms, the P1-N1-P2 Complex and T-Complex, of Auditory Evoked Potentials.Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: JSLHR, 60(7), 2105–2115. https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-16-0056[doi.org]

Yu, Y.H. Shafer V.L., Sussman E.S. (2017). Neurophysiological and behavioral responses of Mandarin lexical tone processing. Frontiers in neuroscience. 2017; 11:95.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28321179[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rinker, T., Shafer, V. L., Kiefer, M., Vidal, N., & Yu, Y. H. (2017). T-complex measures in bilingual Spanish-English and Turkish-German children and monolingual peers. PloS One, 12(3), e0171992.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171992[doi.org]

Hisagi M, Shafer VL, Miyagawa S, Kotek H, Sugawara A, Pantazis D.Second-Language Learning Effects on Automaticity of Speech Processing of Japanese Phonetic Contrasts: An MEG study.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] Brain Res. 2016 Oct 6. pii: S0006-8993(16)30697-7. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.10.004. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:27720855

Cantiani, C., Choudhury, N., Yu, Y., Shafer, V., Schwartz, R., & Benasich, A.A. (2016). From Sensory Perception To Lexical-Semantic Processing: An ERP Study In Non-Verbal Children With Autism.PLOS1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161637[dx.doi.org]PMID: 27560378

Rota-Donahue, C., Schwartz, R. G., Shafer, V., & Sussman, E. S. (2016). Perception of Small Frequency Differences in Children with Auditory Processing Disorder or Specific Language Impairment.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 27(6), 489–497.https://doi.org/10.3766/jaaa.15122[doi.org].

Neumann Y[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov], Epstein B[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov], Shafer VL[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] 2016. .Electrophysiological indices of brain activity to content and function words in discourse Int J Lang Commun Disord.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] 2016 Sep;51(5):546-55. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12230. Epub 2016 Mar 15. PMID: 26992119

MacRoy-Higgins, M., Shafer, V. L., Fahey, K. J., & Kaden, E. R. (2016). Vocabulary of Toddlers Who Are Late Talkers. Journal of Early Intervention, 38(2), 118–129.https://doi.org/10.1177/1053815116637620[doi.org]

Hisagi, M., Shafer, V.L., Strange, W. & Sussman, E. (2015). Neural measures of a Japanese consonant length discrimination by Japanese and American English listeners: Effects of attention.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov].Brain Research 1626. pp. 218-231. PMID:26119918

Shafer VL, Yu YH, Wagner M (2015). Maturation of cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs) to speech recorded from frontocentral and temporal sites: Three months to eight years of age. Int J Psychophysiol. 95(2). 77-93. PMID: 25219893.

Shafer VL, Yu YH, Wagner M (2014). Maturation of cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs) to speech recorded from frontocentral and temporal sites: Three months to eight years of age. Int J Psychophysiol. Sep 13. pii: S0167-8760(14)01593-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.08.1390. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 25219893

Näätänen R, Sussman ES, Salisbury D, Shafer VL. (2014). Mismatch negativity (MMN) as an index of cognitive dysfunction. Brain Topogr. Jul;27(4):451-66. doi: 10.1007/s10548-014-0374-6. Epub 2014 May 17. PMID: 24838819 [PubMed - in process]

Neumann Y, Epstein B, Yu YH, Benasich AA, Shafer V. 2014. An electrophysiological investigation of discourse coherence in healthy adults. Clin Linguist Phon. 2014 Apr 29. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 24779648 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Epstein B, Shafer VL, Melara RD, Schwartz RG (2014). Can children with SLI detect cognitive conflict? Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. J Speech Lang Hear Res. Aug;57(4):1453-67. doi: 10.1044/2014_JSLHR-L-13-0234. PMID: 24686792 [PubMed - in process]

Hisagi M, Garrido-Nag K,. Datta H. & Shafer, V.L. (2014) ERP indices of vowel processing in Spanish-English bilinguals. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. DOI: 10.1017/S1366728914000170, Published online: 04 June 2014 pp 1 - 19.

Epstein B, Hestvik A, Shafer VL, Schwartz RG . (2013). ERPs reveal atypical processing of subject versus object Wh-questions in children with specific language impairment. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2013 Jul-Aug;48(4):351-65. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12009. PMID: 23889832.

Wagner M, Shafer VL, Martin B, Steinschneider M. (2013). The effect of native-language experience on the sensory-obligatory components, the P1-N1-P2 and the T-complex. Brain Res. 2013 Jul 19;1522:31-7. PMID: 23643857

MacRoy-Higgins, M., Schwartz, R. G., Shafer, V. L. and Marton, K. (2012). Influence of phonotactic probability/ neighbourhood density on lexical learning in late talkers. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders.

Shafer, VL, Yu, YH & Garrido-Nag, K. (2012). Electrophysiological indices of vowel discrimination in monolingually and bilingually exposed infants: Does attention matter. Neuroscience Letters..Sep 20;526(1):10-4. Epub 2012 Aug 9. PMID: 22897876

Wagner, M. Shafer, VL, Martin B & Steinschneider,M. (2012). The phonotactic influence on the perception of a consonant cluster /pt/ by native English and native Polish listeners: A behavioral and event related potential (ERP) study. Brain Lang. Oct;123(1):30-41. Epub 2012 Aug 4. PMID: 22867752

Shafer, V.L., Yu, Y & Datta, H. (2011). The Development of English Vowel Perception in Monolingual and Bilingual Infants: Neurophysiological Correlates Journal of Phonetics (Special Issue of Cross-linguistic speech perception). 39: 527-541. PMID22046059.

Shafer, V.L. Martin, B.,. & Schwartz, R.G. (2011). Evidence of deficient central speech processing in children with specific language impairment: the T-complex. (2011). Clinical Neurophysiology. 122(6):1137-55. PMID 21147550.

Hisagi, M., Shafer, V.L., Strange, W. & Sussman, E. (2010). Perception of Japanese Vowel Length Contrast contrasts by Japanese and American English listeners: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Measures. Brain Research. 1360: 89-105 PMID: 20816759.

Shafer, V.L., & Sussman, E. (2010). Predicting the future: ERP markers of language risk in infancy. Clinical Neurophysiology. PMID: 20674485

Shafer, V.L , Yu Y. & Datta H. (2010). Maturation of electrophysiological mismatch responses (MMR) to vowel contrasts in four to seven year-old children. Ear and Hearing. PMID: 20562625

Shafer, V.L & Garrido-Nag, K. The neurodevelopmental basis of speech and language. (2007). The Handbook of Language Development (M. Shatz, E. Hoff, Eds.). Oxford: Blackwell.

Shafer, V.L , Morr, M.L., Datta H. Kurtzberg, D & Schwartz, R.G. (2005). Neurophysiological indices of speech processing deficits in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Cognitive Neurosciences 17, 1168-1180.

Strange, W. & Shafer, V.L. (2008). Speech perception in second language learners: the re-education of selective perception. Zampini, M., & Hansen, J. (eds). Phonology and Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge University Press.

Shafer, V.L., Schwartz, R.G., & Kurtzberg, D. (2004). Language-specific memory traces of consonants in the brain. Cognitive Brain Research, 18. 242-254.

Morr, M.L., Shafer, V.L., Kreuzer, J., & Kurtzberg, D. (2002). Maturation of mismatch negativity in infants and pre-school children. Ear and Hearing. 23, 118-136.

Neumann, Y. Obler L.K. , Gomes, H., Shafer, V.L. (In press). Phonological vs. sensory contributions to age effects in naming: An electrophysiological study. Aphasiology.

Datta H., Shafer, V.L , Morr, M.L., Kurtzberg, D & Schwartz, R.G. (2010.) Brain discriminative responses to phonetically-similar long vowels in children with SLI. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Sciences, 53(3), 757-777.

Hisagi, M., Shafer, V.L., Strange, W. & Sussman, E. Perception of Japanese Vowel Length Contrast contrasts by Japanese and American English listeners: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Measures. Revised and resubmitted to Brain Research.

MacRoy-Higgins, M. Shafer, V.L., Marton, K. Schwartz, R.G. (The influence of phonotactic probability on early word perception). Submitted to The Journal of Child Language.