Publicity & Publications | Canine Language Perception Laboratory

Publications

Mallikarjun, A., Shroads, E., & Newman, R. S. (2021). The role of linguistic experience in the development of the consonant bias. Animal Cognition, 24(3), 419-431. [pdf]
Mallikarjun, A., Shroads, E., & Newman, R. S. (2019). The cocktail party effect in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris). Animal Cognition, 22(3), 423-432. [pdf]

How do dogs communicate? episode of Mission Unstoppable (Season 2) on CBS
Babies are bad at listening in noisy places. Dogs aren’t. My pets took part in a study to learn why. by Marlene Cimons in the Washington Post
Dogs can tune out noise, just like people at cocktail parties by Linda Lombardi in National Geographic
What is the psychological power of a dog's name? by Stanley Coren on Psychology Today
Canines and the "cocktail party" effect by Liam Farrell on Maryland Today
What dogs can teach us about language by Amritha Mallikarjun on UMD HESP InTERPretation blog
HESP researchers test how racket affects canine speech recognition by Chris Caroll in TERP magazine
Finding 'Fido': HESP researchers study canine name recognition in noisy environments on UMD College of Behavioral and Social Sciences website