Tara Vongpaisal, MacEwan University

Research

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Child development hearing and communication music and speech perception and cognition hearing loss and hearing restoration with sensory prostheses

Latest papers

Multisensory stimuli enhance 3-year-old children's executive function: A three-dimensional object version of the standard Dimensional Change Card Sort.
Journal of experimental child psychology · 2020 · senior author
Multimodal and Spectral Degradation Effects on Speech and Emotion Recognition in Adult Listeners.
Trends in hearing · 2018 · senior author
Dance Movements Enhance Song Learning in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants.
Frontiers in psychology · 2016 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Enhancing music abilities through movement and dance in deaf children with cochlear implants
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$56,557

All 1 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Multisensory stimuli enhance 3-year-old children's executive function: A three-dimensional object version of the standard Dimensional Change Card Sort.

Beaucage N, Skolney J, Hewes J, Vongpaisal T

Journal of experimental child psychology2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104694 PMID: 31574323

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Multimodal and Spectral Degradation Effects on Speech and Emotion Recognition in Adult Listeners.

Ritter C, Vongpaisal T

Trends in hearing2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/2331216518804966 PMID: 30378469

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Dance Movements Enhance Song Learning in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants.

Vongpaisal T, Caruso D, Yuan Z

Frontiers in psychology2016First author

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00835 PMID: 27378964

Enhancing music abilities through movement and dance in deaf children with cochlear implants

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Vongpaisal, Tara

Keywords: music perception; movement and dance training; hearing loss; children

$56,557

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Child development Dear Professor Vongpaisal, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Multisensory stimuli enhance 3-year-old children's executive function: A three-dimensional object version of the standard Dimensional Change Card Sort." (2020), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]