My interests include speech perception in clear and noisy environments, language acquisition, and lexical access and representation.
Selected Publications
Papers
Scharinger, M., Merickel, J., Riley, J., Idsardi, W. (in prep). Asymmetries in fronted segments: Magnetoencephalographic
evidece
Conference Presentations
Bergelson, E., Merickel, J., Idsardi, W., Lidz, J. (2010). Structural Biases in Phonology: Evidence from Artificial Language
Learning in Adults. Paper to be presented at the 2010 Linguistics Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Halberda, J., Lidz, J., Merickel, J., Hunter, T., Pietroski, P. (2009). Approximate number representations in the acquisition
of most. Talk to be presented at the 34th Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Riley, J., Scharinger, M., Merickel, J., Idsardi, W. (2009). PLACES of good MANNERS: Early MEG differences of fronted segments.
Poster to be presented at the 2009 Neurobiology of Language Conference, Chicago, IL.
Merickel, J., McMurray, B. (2008). Facilitatory Effects of Lexical Neighborhood Competition. Poster presented at the 2008
University of Iowa Spring Undergraduate Research Forum, Iowa City, IA.