Melissa Gregg, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor and Department Co-Chair
- Psychology, Professional Counseling, and Neuroscience Department
- Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2010
- PHONE: (262) 595-2142
- EMAIL: greggm@uwp.edu
- http://www.apclparkside.com

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Cognition
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Auditory Perception
Teaching, Research/Creative & Consulting Interests
Teaching Interests
Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensation and Perception, Research Methods in Psychology
Research Interests
My research is concerned with the psychological and neural mechanisms by which human listeners process auditory information, including its perception, recognition, and encoding into memory. My research examines how listeners perceptually parse the complex acoustic signal and recognize distinct sound sources, such as voices and phones ringing, despite difficult, noisy sensory input and limited perceptual and memory systems. My research in this area also tests how closely auditory perceptual representations match the actual physical properties of the world.
Consulting Interests
Publications
Selected Publications
2023: Essential Individual and Organizational Decision-Making for Smart Manufacturing, The 19th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (1-6 pp.)
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.S. (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.)
Selected Awards & Honors
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
Courses Taught
PSYC 250 - Psychological Statistics
PSYC 300 - Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC 306 - Sensation and Perception
PSYC 325 - Biological Psychology
PSYC 326 - Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC 494 - Psychology Internship
PSYC 499 - Independent Study:
UWP 101 - First Yr Sem: Natural/Hlth Sci