Research focus

Bob McMurray's research examines spoken and written word recognition across the lifespan, in children, adult and aging populations, and individuals with a variety of language and hearing disorders, supporting the SLP clinical degree program. His research seeks to apply theories and methods from cognitive science to real-world development and disorders, using techniques like eye-tracking, EEG, computational models, and MRI. 

Current and past courses taught

• PSY/LING 3670: Language Processes
• CSD:3993 Research Practicum
• CSD:4186 Problems: Speech/Hearing Processes and Disorders
• PSY/LING/CSD 6101 and 6102: Cognitive Science of Language Proseminar
• PSY 7610: Language
• CSD:7590 Research

Selected publications/active grants

• Roembke, T., Hazeltine, E., Reed, D., and McMurray, B. (2021) Automaticity as an Independent Trait in Predicting Reading Outcomes in Middle-School. Developmental Psychology, 57(3), 361-375
• Sarrett, M., McMurray, B., and Kapnoula, E. (2020) Dynamic EEG analysis during language comprehension reveals interactive cascades between perceptual processing and semantic expectations.  Brain and Language, 211, 104875
• McMurray, B., Klein-Packard, J., and Tomblin, J.B. (2019) A real-time mechanism underlying lexical deficits in developmental language disorder: Between-word inhibition. Cognition, 19, 10400
• McMurray, B., Ellis, T.E., and Apfelbaum, K.S. (2019) How do you deal with uncertainty? Cochlear Implant users differ in the dynamics of lexical processing of non-canonical inputs. Ear and Hearing, 40(4), 961-980