Patrick C. Wong

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Patrick Wong’s research concerns central auditory processing and neurophysiology, especially speech perception and learning, auditory skill levels and deficits, and interactions between speech and music. The primary goal is to identify possible underlying neurophysiologic principles governing complex auditory perception and learning for developing effective treatment programs for auditory and speech processing deficits and second language instructions. It is supported by NIH and NSF.

Lab Affiliations

Director, Communication Neural Systems Research Group

Education

PhD	Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
MA	Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
BA	Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin

Representative Publications

Wong, P.C.M., Chan, A.H.D., Roy, A., & Margulis, E.H. (in press). The bimusical brain is not two monomusical brains in one: Evidence from musical affective processing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Wong, F.C.K., Chandrasekaran, B., Garibaldi, K., & Wong, P.C.M. (2011). White matter anisotropy in the ventral language pathway predicts sound-to-word learning success. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(24), 8780-8785.

Sheppard, J.P., Wang, J.P., & Wong, P.C.M. (2011). Large-Scale cortical functional organization and speech perception across the lifespan. PLoS ONE, 6(1), e16510.

Wong, P.C.M., Jin, J.X., Gunasekera, G.M., Abel, R., Lee, E.R., & Dhar. S. (2009). Aging and Cortical Mechanisms of Speech Perception in Noise. Neuropsychologia, 47, 693-703

Wong, P.C.M., Warrier, C.M., Penhune, V.B., Roy, A.K., Sadehh, A., Parrish, T.B. & Zatorre, R.J. (2008). Volume of Left Heschl's Gyrus and Linguistic Pitch Learning. Cerebral Cortex, 18, 828-836.

Wong, P.C.M., Skoe, E., Russo, N.M., Dees, T., & Kraus, N. (2007). “Musical Experience Shapes Human Brainstem Encoding of Linguistic Pitch Patterns.” Nature Neuroscience, 10, 420-422.

Wong, P.C.M., Parsons, L.M., Martinez, M., & Diehl, R.L. (2004). “The role of the insular cortex in pitch pattern perception: The effect of linguistic contexts.” Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 9153-9160.

Recent Grants and Funding

2010-2015	Neural Mechanisms of Speech Learning in Older Adults. National Institutes of Health (NIA). $712,800. PI
2011-2014	Lexical and Musical Tone Deafness.  National Science Foundation.  $435,000. PI
2008–2013	Behavioral and Neural Factors in Speech Learning. National Institutes of Health (NIDCD). $1.8M. PI

Courses

CSD 406	Functional Neuroanatomy
CSD 551	Topics in CSD (Central Auditory Processing)
CSD 112	Scientific Exploration of Communication
CSD 553	Computational Modeling