Location

The Aging, Memory, and Language Lab is located in Lattie F. Coor Hall on the Tempe Campus of Arizona State University.

The Department of Speech and Hearing Science

P.O. Box 870102
Tempe, AZ 85287-0102

Basic Memory and Psycholinguistic Research

Refereed Articles

Azuma, T. (1996). Familiarity and relatedness of word meanings: Ratings for 110 homographs. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 28, 109-124.

Azuma, T., & Van Orden, G.C. (1997). Why SAFE is better than FAST: The relatedness of a word's meanings affects lexical decision times. Journal of Memory and Language, 36, 484-504.

Goldinger, S.D., Azuma, T., Abramson, M., & Jain, P. (1997). Open wide and say "blah!" Attentional dynamics of delayed naming. Journal of Memory and Language, 37, 190?216.

Forster, K.I., & Azuma, T. (2000). Masked priming for prefixed words with bound stems: Does revive prime survive? Language and Cognitive Processes, 15, 539-561.

Goldinger, S.D., & Azuma, T. (2003). Puzzle solving science: The quixotic quest for units in speech perception. Journal of Phonetics, 31, 305-320.

Goldinger, S.D., Kleider, H.M., Azuma, T., & Beike, D. (2003). "Blaming the victim" under memory load. Psychological Science, 14, 81-85.

Azuma, T. (2004). Working memory and perseveration in verbal fluency. Neuropsychology, 18, 69-77.

Azuma, T., *Williams, E., *Davie, J.E. (2004). Paws + Cause = Pause? Working memory load and memory blends in homophone recognition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11, 723-728.

Goldinger, S.D., & Azuma, T. (2004). Auditory episodes reflected in printed word naming. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 11, 716-722.

*Tat, M.J., & Azuma, T. (submitted) Don't shoot the messnger: What misspelled words tell us about lexical representations.

Non-Refereed Papers

Goldinger, S.D., Azuma, T., Kleider, H.M., & Holmes, V. (2003). Font specific memory: More than meets the eye? In J.S. Bowers & C. Marsolek (Eds.), Rethinking Implicit Memory. Oxford University Press. Pp. 157-196. (Peer reviewed volume.)

Goldinger, S.D., & Azuma, T. (2004) Resonance within and between linguistic beings. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27, 199-200.

Presentations

Goldinger, S.D., & Azuma, T. Puzzle Solving Science: The quixotic quest for units in speech perception. Keynote Address: Temporal integration in the perception of speech. Aix-en Provence, France. April 2002.

Choe, Y., Azuma, T., Liss, J., Lotto, A., & Mathy, P. (2009) Individual Differences in Understanding Speech. ASHA Convention, New Orleans, LA: November 2009.

Azuma, T. & *Hickox, A. (2010). The effect of voice consistency on the memory for French and English words. Presentation given at the meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Tucson, AZ. January 2010.

*Tat, M., & Azuma, T. (2010). When Hearing is Seeing: Cross-Modal Source Errors in a Levels-of-Processing Task. Poster shown at the meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Tucson, AZ. January 2010.

Cognitive Research with Clinical Populations

Refereed Articles

Tomoeda, C.K., Bayles, K.A., Trosset, M.W., Azuma T., & McGeagh, A. (1996). Cross? sectional analysis of Alzheimer Disease effects on oral discourse in a picture description task. Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, 10, 204?215.

Bayles, K.A., Tomoeda, C.K., Wood, J.A., Montgomery, E.B., Cruz, R.F., Azuma, T., & McGeagh, A. (1996). Change in cognitive function in idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Archives of Neurology, 53, 1140-1146.

Azuma, T., & Bayles, K.A. (1997). Memory impairments underlying language difficulties in dementia. Topics in Language Disorders, 18, 58?71.

Azuma, T., Bayles, K.A., Cruz, R.F., Tomoeda, C.K., Wood, J.A., McGeagh, A., & Montgomery, E.B. (1997). Comparing the difficulty of letter, semantic, and name fluency tasks for normal elderly and Parkinson patients. Neuropsychology, 11, 488?497.

Bayles, K.A., Tomoeda, C.K., Wood, J.A., Cruz, R.F., Azuma, T., & Montgomery, E.B., (1997). The effect of Parkinson's disease on language. Journal of Medical Speech?Language Pathology, 5, 157?166.

Bayles, K.A., Azuma, T., Cruz, R.F., Tomoeda, C.K., Wood, J.A, & Montgomery, E.B. (1999). Gender differences in language of Alzheimer's Disease patients revisited. Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders, 13, 138?146.

Azuma, T., Cruz, R.F., Bayles, K.A., Tomoeda, C.K., Wood, J.A., & Montgomery, E.B. (2000). Incidental learning and verbal memory in individuals with Parkinson Disease. Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology, 8, 163?174.

Bayles, K.A., Tomoeda, C.K., Montgomery, E.B., Cruz, R.F., & Azuma, T. (2000). The relation of mental status to integrity of lexical?semantic knowledge in Parkinson's Disease. Advances in Speech?Language Pathology, 2, 67-75.

Azuma, T., Cruz, R.G., Bayles, K.A., Tomoeda, C.K., & Montgomery, E.B. (2003). A longitudinal study of neuropsychological change in individuals with Parkinson's Disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18, 1115-1120.

*Davie, J.E., Azuma, T., Goldinger, S.D., Connor, D.J., Sabbagh, M.N., & Silverberg, N. (2004). Sensitivity to expectancy violations in healthy aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Neuropsychology, 18, 269-275.

*Jones, W., Mathy, P., Azuma, T., & Liss, J. (2004). The effect of general and specific synthetic cues on the intelligibility of a speaker with ALS. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 20, 22-29.

*Choe, Y., Azuma, T., Mathy, P., Liss, J.M., & Edgar, J. (2007). The effect of independent computer practice on naming in individuals with chronic non-fluent aphasia.

Choe, Y., Azuma, T., & Mathy, P. (2010). The Use of Computers and Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices in Independent Naming Practice: Three Single-Case Studies. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 18, 12-26.

Utianski, R.L., Lansford, K., Liss, J.M., Azuma, T. (in press). The effects of topic knowledge on intelligibility and lexical segmentation in hypokinetic and ataxic dysarthria. Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology.

Slovarp, L., Azuma, T., & LaPointe, L. (under review). The Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury on Sustained Attention and Working Memory.

Other Articles and Publications

Cardon, T. A. & Azuma, T. (2011, June 07). Deciphering Single-Subject Research Design and Autism Spectrum Disorders. The ASHA Leader.

Presentations

*Baker, L., LaPointe, L., Azuma, T., & Katz, R. Sustained attention and working memory following traumatic brain injury. Conference of the American Speech and Hearing Association. November, 2001.

*Davie, J.E., Azuma, T., Connor, D.J., Sabbagh, M.N., Silverberg, N., & Goldinger, S.D. Contextual bias and hyper?inhibition in mild cognitive impairment. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Kansas City. November 2002.

*Nixon, S.M., LaPointe, L.L., Duane, D.D., Azuma, T., & Case, J.L. (2003). Too much noise? Auditory distraction and written fluency in adults with ADHD. Conference of the American Speech and Hearing Association. November, 2003.

*Choe, Y., Mathy, P, & Azuma, T. (2004). Treatment Effect of Computer and AAC Device Practice on Naming in Aphasia. Conference of the Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association. May, 2004.

*Choe, Y., Mathy, P, Azuma, T., Liss, J., & Edgar, J. (2004). Effect of Computer-Mediated Training on Naming Performance by Individuals with Aphasia. Poster presented at the Conference of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Philadelphia, PA. November, 2004.

*Choe, Y., Mathy, P, Azuma, T. (2005). Computer and AAC Device for Independent Naming Practice by Individuals with Chronic Non-fluent Aphasia. Presentation given at the Conference of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. San Diego, CA. November, 2005.