Studying Perception and Language at Villanova University

Welcome to the Word Recognition & Auditory Perception Lab (WRAP Lab)! Our group studies how human listeners recognize speech and understand spoken language. Investigating language processing as it happens is central to our approach, and we use a combination of computational, cognitive neuroscience, and behavioral techniques to study these processes.

We are committed to creating and sustaining a lab culture that welcomes and supports scientists of all backgrounds. Learn more about our commitment here.

Neural Basis of
Speech Perception

Maintenance of
Gradient Information

Context Effects
& Top-down Feedback

Computational
Modeling

Hearing Difficulty
& Speech Testing

Game-based
Approaches