Publications
Archived Pre-prints
McHaney, J. R., Roark, C. L., McGinley, M. J., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2024). Combining pupillometry and drift-diffusion models reveals auditory category learning dynamics. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2024.04.16.589753.
Zhen, L., Parida, S., McHaney, J. R., Zink, M., Chandrasekaran, B., & Parthasarathy, A. (2025). Degraded neural coding of temporal fine structure with age predicts effortful listening in multi-talker environments. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2025.11.17.688858.
Guo, Z., McFarlane, K. A., McHaney, J. R., Choksi, I., Feeney, M., Preston, L., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2026). Stability of phoneme-related potentials across testing sessions and stimulus presentation conditions. bioRxiv. doi: 10.64898/2026.05.26.727924.
Peer-reviewed
2026
Choi, J. Y., Xiong, S., McHaney, J. R., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2026). Reverse hierarchical processing of speech in talker identification. European Journal of Neuroscience, 63(8), e70520.
Kim, S. H., Park, T. W., Cho, S., Yang, T., Yoo, S., Ilya, K., McHaney, J. R., Jaffe, J.,Kshetrapal, A., Wang, Y., Wu, Y., Chang, J. K., Park, J., Ahn, H., Jo, M., Trueb, J., Jung., Y. H.,Oh, S., Won, S. M., Weese-Mayer, D. E., Yoo, J., & Rogers, J. A. (2026). Wireless, skin-interfaced multimodal sensing system for continuous psychophysiological monitoring – awearable polygraph device. Science Advances, 12(20), eaed3162.
2025
McHaney, J. R., Guo, Z., Gnanateja, G. N., Parthasarathy, A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2025). Neural Coding of Fundamental Frequency and Processing of Discrete Pitch Accents in Middle Age. European Journal of Neuroscience, 62(9), e70285.
Guo, Z.*, McHaney, J. R.*, Parthasarathy, A., McFarlane, K. A., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2025). Reduced neural distinctiveness of speech representations in the middle-aged brain. Neurobiology of Language, 6, nol_a_00169. (*co-first authors).
Zink, M. E.*, Zhen, L.*, McHaney, J. R.*, Klara, J., Yurasits, K., Cancel, V., Flemm, O., Mitchell, C., Datta, J., Chandrasekaran, B., & Parthasarathy, A. (2025). Increased listening effort and cochlear neural degeneration underlie behavioral deficits in speech perception in noise in normal hearing middle-aged adults. eLife, 13, RP102823. (*co-first authors).
2024
McHaney, J. R., Hancock, K. E., Polley, D. B., & Parthasarathy, A. (2024). Sensory representations and pupil-indexed listening effort provide complementary contributions to multi-talker speech intelligibility. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 30882.
Roark, C. L, Paulon, G., Rebaudo, G., McHaney, J. R., Sarkar, A., & Chandrasekaran, B.(2024). Individual differences in working memory impact the trajectory of non-native speech category learning. PLOS ONE, 19(6), e0297917.
Mukhopadhyay, M., McHaney, J. R.,, Chandrasekaran, B., Sarkar, A. (2024). Bayesian Semiparametric Longitudinal Inverse-Probit Mixed Models for Category Learning. Psychometrika, 89, 461-485.
2023
McHaney, J. R., Schuerman, W. L., Leonard, M. K., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2023). Low amplitude transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation modulates performance but not pupil size during non-native speech category learning. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60(10), 3825-3843.
Cancel, V. E.*, McHaney, J. R.*, Milne, V. Palmer, C., & Parthasarathy, A. (2023). A data-driven approach to identify a rapid screener for auditory processing disorder testing referrals in adults. Scientific Reports, 13, 13636. (*co-first authors).
2022
Lescht, E., Venker, C., McHaney, J. R., Bohland, J., & Hampton Wray, A. (2022). Novel Word Recognition in Childhood Stuttering. Topics in Language Disorders, 42(1), 41-56.
2021
McHaney, J. R., Tessmer, R., Roark, C. L., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). Working memory relates to individual differences in speech category learning: Insights from computational modeling and pupillometry. Brain and Language, 222, 105010.
McHaney, J. R., Gnanateja, G. N., Smayda, K. E., Zinszer, B. D., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2021). Cortical Tracking of Speech in Delta Band Relates to Individual Differences in Speech in Noise Comprehension in Older Adults. Ear and Hearing, 42(2), 343-354.
2020
Llanos, F., McHaney, J. R., Schuerman, W. L., Yi, H. G., Leonard, M. K., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2020). Non-invasive peripheral nerve stimulation selectively enhances speech category learning in adults. npj Science of Learning, 5(1), 1-11.
Koski, J. E., McHaney, J. R., Rigney, A. E., & Beer, J. S. (2020). Recondsidering Longstanding Assumptions About the Role of Medial Prefrontal Cortex (MPFC) in Social Evaluation. NeuroImage, 214, 116752.