Publications

O’Connell, S.R., Snyder, J.S., Wilson, G.E., & Hannon, E.E. (2026). Musical groove listening does not enhance neural primary motor cortex activation. Imaging Neuroscience, 4, IMAG.a.1185.

Zink, N., O’Connell, S., Betts, S., Noah, S., Hilberg, A., Bilder, R., McCracken, J., Reid, R.C., Bookheimer, S., Cohen, M.S., Klein, S.A., Oliva, M.T., Simpson, G.V., & Lenartowicz, A. (2026). Selective attention dynamics in adults with ADHD: A role for sensory processing asymmetry? Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, 6(3), 100715.

O’Connell, S.R., Rahimpour Jounghani, A., Papadopoulos, J.M., Bortfeld, H., & Goldsworthy, R.L. (2025). Investigating hemodynamic patterns during beat processing in cochlear implant users: Insights from a finger tapping study. Auditory Perception and Cognition, 1-25.

O’Connell, S.R., Bissmeyer, S.R.S., Gan, H., & Goldsworthy, R.L.(2025). Musical timbre switching similarly affects normal hearing listeners and cochlear implant users during pitch discrimination. Ear and Hearing. 46(4), 997-1008.

O’Connell, S.R., Papadopoulos, J.M., van der Donk, B.J., Gan, H., & Goldsworthy, R.L. (2025). Musically evoked emotions in cochlear implant users and those with no known hearing loss. Hearing Research. 458(109196), 1-16.

O’Connell, S.R., Nave-Blodgett, J.E., Wilson, G., Hannon, E.E., & Snyder, J.S.(2022). Elements of musical and dance sophistication predict musical groove perception. Frontiers in Psychology: Performance Science. 13(998321), 1-16.

Camarena, A., Manchala, G. Papadopoulos, J., O’Connell, S.R., & Goldsworthy, R.L. (2022). Pleasantness ratings of musical dyands in cochlear implant users. Brain Sciences, 12(33), 1-19.

Lenartowicz, A., Simpson, G.V., O’Connell, S.R., & Cohen, M.S. (2015). Measurement of neurophysiological signals of ignoring and attending processes in attention control. JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), (101), e52958.

Slater, J., Skoe, E., Strait, D. L., O’Connell, S., Thompson, E. C., & Kraus, N. (2015). Longitudinal evidence of improved speech-in-noise perception with group music training. Behavioral Brain Research, 291, 244-252.

Strait, D. L., Slater, J., O’Connell, S., & Kraus, N. (2015). Music training relates to the development of neural mechanisms of selective auditory attention. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 12, 94-104.

Slater, J., Strait, D. L., Skoe, E., O’Connell, S., Thompson, E. C., & Kraus, N. (2014). Longitudinal effects of group music instruction on literacy skills in low-income children. PLoS One, 9(11), e113383.

Strait, D. L., O’Connell, S., Parbery-Clark, A., & Kraus, N. (2014). Musicians’ enhanced neural differentiation of speech sounds arises early in life: Developmental evidence from ages three to thirty. Cerebral Cortex, 24(9), 2512-2521.

Strait, D. L., Parbery-Clark, A., O’Connell, S., & Kraus, N. (2013). Biological impact of preschool music classes on processing speech in noise. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 6, 51-60.

Tierney, A., Strait, D. L., O’Connell, S., & Kraus, N. (2013). Developmental changes in resting gamma power from age three to adulthood. Clinical Neurophysiology, 124(5), 1040-1042.