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Dr
Sven Mattys
Reader in Psychology
of Language
telephone:
+44 (0)117 92 88449 email: Sven.Mattys@bris.ac.uk
Room
1D22
Language
Group
Biographical
details
2004 - present:
Reader in Experimental Psychology. University of Bristol.
2001 – 2004:
Lecturer in Experimental Psychology. University of Bristol.
1999
- 2000: Advanced Research Associate, Department of Communication
Neuroscience, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
1997
- 1999: Postdoctorate, John Hopkins University, Department
of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Baltimore, MD.
1993 - 1997: Ph.D.
in Psychology. State University of New York at Stony Brook,
Stony Brook, NY.
1993 - 1995: M.A.
in Psychology. State University of New York at Stony Brook.
1988
- 1993: License (B.A.) in Psychology. Université Libre
de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Teaching
and administration
Director
of Postgraduate Studies
Currently, I co-teach Level-3 ‘Psychology of Language'
and run a Level-1 laboratory class. I also teach a variety
of modules for our MSc in Research Methods in Psychology and
MSc in Neuropsychology.
Research
interests
Key words: speech,
spoken-word recognition, language acquisition.
My background
is in experimental psycholinguistics. I am particularly interested
in the perceptual, cognitive, and physiological mechanisms
underlying spoken word recognition. Although the populations
I have investigated so far (normal-hearing adults, hearing-impaired
adults, and infants) vary widely in their quantitative and
qualitative exposure to the spoken language, a number of research
questions apply to all of them: How are novel spoken words
learned? What is the time-course of speech processing? How
is speech segmentation carried out? How are words represented
in the lexicon? My current research direction focuses on speech
segmentation and lexical processing in normal-hearing adults.
Investigation tools include principally behavioral measures
of speech perception and word recognition such as response
accuracy, reaction times, and auditory illusions.
Recent
and current grants
The Leverhulme Trust, 2007-2010.
A corpus-based investigation of natural speech segmentation.
Mattys, S.L.
ESRC, 2007-2008.
Effects of processing load on speech segmentation.
Mattys, S.L.
British Academy, 2006-2007.
Is rhythmic typology categorical or gradient? A study of first
language Italian and second language English.
Mattys, S.L. & White L.
ESRC, 2005-2006.
Is speech perception influenced by top-down feedback?
Davis, C., Bowers, J.S., & Mattys, S.L.
ESRC, 2005-2008.
The impact of early language experience on later speech perception.
Bowers, J.S. & Mattys, S.L.
BBSRC, 2003-2006.
The Hierarchical Model of speech segmentation.
Mattys, S.L.
British Academy, 2003-2004.
The perceptual segmentation of speech: Evidence from the migration
paradigm.
Mattys, S.L.
ESRC, 2002-2005.
Investigating lexical activation and speech segmentation through
pause detection.
Mattys, S.L.
PhD
students supervised and co-supervised
Linda Stefansdottir, 2009-present, ESRC studentship
Olesya Rauch, 2007-present, Marie Curie "Sound to Sense"
Research Training Network studentship.
Helen Miller, 2001-2009, NHS research and Development fund
Zeng Biao, 2003-2008, ORS Studentship
Publications
Mattys,
S.L., Carroll, L. M., Li, C. K. W., & Chan, S. L. Y. (in
press). Effects of energetic and informational masking on
speech segmentation by native and non-native speakers. Speech
Communication. pdf_file
Wiget, L., White, L., Schuppler. B., Grenon, I., Rauch, O.,
& Mattys, S.L. (2010). How stable are acoustic metrics
of contrastive speech rhythm? Journal of the Acoustical Society
of America. pdf_file
White, L., Melhorn, J.F, & Mattys, S.L. (in press). Segmentation
by lexical subtraction in Hungarian L2 speakers of English.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. pdf_file
Mattys, S.L., Brooks, J., & Cooke, M. (2009). Recognizing
speech under a processing load: Dissociating energetic from
informational factors. Cognitive Psychology, 59, 203-243.
pdf_file
Liss, J.M., White, L., Mattys, S.L., Lansford, K.L., Lotto,
A.J., Spitzer, S.M., & Caviness, J.N. (2009). Distinguishing
dysarthrias using rhythm metrics. Journal of Speech, Language,
and Hearing Research, 52, 1334-1352. pdf_file
Bowers, J.S., Mattys, S.L., & Gage, S.H. (2009). Preserved
implicit knowledge of a forgotten childhood language. Psychological
Science, 20, 1064-1069.
pdf_file
Bowers, J.S., Davis, C.J., Mattys, S.L., & Damian, M.F.,
& Hanley, D. (2009). The activation of embedded words
in spoken word identification is robust but constrained: Evidence
from the picture-word interference paradigm. Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35, 1585-1597
pdf_file
Scarborough, R., Keating, P., Mattys, S.L., Cho, & T.,
Alwan, A. (2009). Optical phonetics and visual perception
of lexical and phrasal stress in English. Language and Speech,
51, 135-175. pdf_file
Toro, J.M., Sebastián-Gallés, N., & Mattys,
S.L. (2009). The role of perceptual salience during the segmentation
of connected speech. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology,
21, 786-800. pdf_file
Mattys, S.L. & Liss, J.M. (2008). On building models of
spoken-word recognition: When there is as much to learn from
natural "oddities" as from artificial normality.
Perception & Psychophysics, 70, 1235-1242. pdf_file
Spitzer, S.M., Liss, J.M., & Mattys, S.L. (2007). Acoustic
cues to lexical segmentation: A study of resynthesized speech.
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122, 3678-3687.
pdf_file
White, L. & Mattys, S.L. (2007). Calibrating rhythm: First
language and second language studies. Journal of Phonetics,
35, 501-522. pdf_file
Mattys, S.L. & Melhorn, J.F. (2007).
Sentential, lexical, and acoustic effects on the perception
of word boundaries. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
122, 554-567. pdf_file
Mattys, S.L., Melhorn, J.F., & White,
L. (2007). Effects of syntactic expectations on speech segmentation.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance,
33, 960-977. pdf_file
White, L. & Mattys, S.L. (2007). Rhythmic
typology and variation in first and second languages. In P.
Prieto, J. Mascaró, & M.-J. Solé (Eds.),
Segmental and Prosodic Issues in Romance Phonology. Current
Issues in Linguistic Theory series (pp.237-257). Amsterdam:
John Benjamins. pdf_file
Mattys, S.L. & Melhorn, J.F (2005). How do syllables contribute
to the perception of spoken English? Evidence from the migration
paradigm. Language and Speech, 48, 223-253. pdf_file
Mattys, S.L., Pleydell-Pearce, C. W., Melhorn, J.F., &
Whitecross, S.E. (2005). Detecting silent pauses in speech:
A new tool for measuring on-line lexical and semantic processing.
Psychological Science, 16, 958-964. pdf_file
Mattys, S.L., White, L., & Melhorn, J.F (2005). Integration
of multiple speech segmentation cues: A hierarchical framework.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 134, 477-500.
pdf_file
Mattys,
S.L. (2004). Stress versus coarticulation: Towards an integrated
approach to explicit speech segmentation. Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30, 397-408.
pdf_file
Mattys,
S.L. & Clark, J.H. (2002). Lexical activity in speech
processing: Evidence from pause detection. Journal of Memory
and Language, 47, 343-359. pdf_file
Mattys,
S.L., Bernstein, L.E., & Auer, E.T., Jr. (2002). Stimulus-based
lexical distinctiveness as a general word recognition mechanism.
Perception & Psychophysics, 64, 667-679. pdf_file
Mattys,
S.L. & Jusczyk, P.W. (2001). Do infants segment words
or continuous recurring patterns? Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27, 644-655.
pdf_file
Mattys,
S.L. & Jusczyk, P.W. (2001). Phonotactic cues for segmentation
of fluent speech by infants. Cognition, 78, 91-121. pdf_file
Mattys,
S.L. (2000). The perception of primary and secondary stress
in English. Perception & Psychophysics, 62, 253-265. pdf_file
Mattys,
S.L. & Samuel, A.G. (2000). Implications of stress pattern
differences in spoken word recognition. Journal of Memory
and Language, 42, 571-596. pdf_file
Alegria,
J., Charlier, B., & Mattys, S.L. (1999). The role of lip-reading
and cued speech in the processing of phonological information
in French-educated deaf children. European Journal of Cognitive
Psychology, 11, 451-472. pdf_file
Mattys,
S.L., Jusczyk, P.W., Luce, P.A., & Morgan, J.L. (1999).
Phonotactic and prosodic effects on word segmentation in infants.
Cognitive Psychology, 38, 465-494. pdf_file
Mattys,
S.L. (1997). The use of time during lexical processing and
segmentation: A review. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review,
4, 310-329. pdf_file
Mattys,
S.L. & Samuel, A.G. (1997). How lexical stress affects
speech segmentation and interactivity: Evidence from the migration
paradigm. Journal of Memory and Language, 36, 87-116. pdf_file
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