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Sarah Creel is a Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California San Diego. Her research focuses on language development, music perception, and cognitive control, with a particular emphasis on how perceptual and cognitive processes interact in early childhood. She employs eye-tracking methods and experimental designs to investigate topics such as word recognition, accented speech comprehension, and cross-domain entrainment effects between music and language.
Key research interests include the role of auditory perception in language acquisition, the influence of bilingualism on cognitive processing, and the developmental stages of perceptual flexibility. Her work bridges linguistics, psychology, and music cognition, often addressing questions about how prior experience shapes current perceptual judgments.
Creel directs the LASR (Language Acquisition and Sound Recognition) lab, which explores how children and adults process auditory information across different contexts. She has contributed to understanding the interplay between talker identity, language context, and lexical access. Recent studies examine how tonal language backgrounds affect musical pitch perception and how phonetic variability impacts word learning.
Her publications highlight themes like accent detection, the continuity of language learning processes, and the challenges of learning similar-sounding words. While no formal awards are listed, her extensive peer-reviewed contributions reflect recognition in cognitive science and developmental linguistics.
