Melissa Gregg, Ph.D.
Professor
Psychology, Professional Counseling, and Neuroscience Department
Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2010
- PHONE:
- (262) 595-2126
- EMAIL:
- greggm@uwp.edu
- WEBSITE:
- http://www.apclparkside.com
Dr. Gregg is a Professor in the Psychology, Professional Counseling, and Neuroscience department. She also directs the Perception, Cognition, and Neuroscience Lab at Parkside, where she conducts research with several brilliant Parkside students. Her research examines the plasticity of sensory systems, the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying natural scene perception, long-term memory for environmental objects, and the design of human-machine interfaces.
Areas of Expertise
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Scene Perception
- Recognition Memory
Teaching Interests
Cognitive Neuroscience, Biological Psychology, Sensation and Perception, Research Methods in Psychology, Statistics
Research Interests
My research is concerned with the psychological and neural mechanisms by which human observers process visual and auditory information, including its perception, recognition, and encoding into memory. My research examines how observers perceptually parse complex sensory signals and recognize distinct objects, such as voices and phones ringing, despite difficult, noisy sensory input and limited perceptual and memory systems. My research also tests how closely perceptual representations match the actual physical properties of the world.
- An EEG Investigation of Sleep Quality Memory and Executive Function. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
- (2023) Castor, T., Gregg, M. K., & McBride, M. (2023). Essential Individual and Organizational Decision-Making for Smart Manufacturing. The 19th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, 1-6 pp.
- (2022) Gregg, M.K. (2022). Brain Computer Interfaces: Taking Thoughts Out of the Human Body. Springer
- (2019) Gloede, M., & Gregg, M.K. (2019). The fidelity of auditory and visual memory. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 1325-1332 pp.
- (2017) Gloede, M. E., Paulauskas, E., & Gregg, M. K. (2017). Experience and Information Loss in Auditory and Visual Memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- (2014) Gregg, M. K., Irsik, V. C., & Snyder, J. S. (2014). Change deafness and object encoding with recognizable and unrecognizable sounds.. Neuropsychologia, 19-30 pp.
- (2012) Gregg, M. K., & Samuel, A. G. (2012). Feature Assignment in Perception of Auditory Figure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 998-1013 pp.
- (2012) Gregg, M. K., & Snyder, J. S. (2012). Enhanced sensory processing accompanies successful detection of change for real-world sounds. NeuroImage, 113-119 pp.
- (2012) Snyder, J. S., Gregg, M. K., Weintraub, D. M., & Alain, C. (2012). Attention, awareness, and the perception of auditory scenes.. Frontiers in Psychology, 15 pp.
- (2011) Snyder, J. S., & Gregg, M. K. (2011). Memory for sound, with an ear toward hearing in complex auditory scenes.. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 1993-2007 pp.
- (2009) Gregg, M. K., & Samuel, A. G. (2009). The importance of semantics in auditory representations. . Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 607-619 pp.
- (2008) Gregg, M. K., & Samuel, A. G. (2008). Change deafness and the organizational properties of sounds.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 974-991 pp.
Teaching Awards
- (2023) Stella C. Gray Teaching Excellence Award — University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Research/Creative Awards
- (2013) Research and Creative Activity Award — University of Wisconsin-Parkside
PSYC 200 - Introduction to Neuroscience
PSYC 205 - Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 250 - Psychological Statistics
PSYC 300 - Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC 306 - Sensation and Perception
PSYC 325 - Biological Psychology
PSYC 326 - Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC 390 - Special Topics in Psychology:
PSYC 494 - Psychology Internship
PSYC 499 - Independent Study:
UWP 101 - First Yr Sem: Natural/Hlth Sci