Dr Ronan McGarrigle
Assistant Professor
| Faculty/Dept/School |
School of Social Sciences (Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences) |
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| r.mcgarrigle@bradford.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +441274 232606 |
Biography
I am currently a lecturer in Psychology at University of Bradford. Prior to this, I worked as principal investigator on an ESRC-funded research project investigating effortful listening across the lifespan at the University of York. After completing my PhD at the University of Manchester, I worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (Ohio, USA) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, USA) and lectured in Psychology at the University of Chester.
Research
My research focuses on how our sensory and cognitive systems interact to promote successful listening. Using a range of experimental techniques (introspective, behavioural, and physiological measures), my work aims to shed light on: (a) the subjective and physiological processes that underpin successful speech perception, (b) the impact of a sensory or cognitive deficit on speech perception and the experience of effort and fatigue from listening, and (c) the consequences of effortful listening and fatigue on health and well-being across the lifespan. I am also a keen advocate of open and reproducible science practices and try to actively promote these within my own research.Publications
| Title | Development and validation of the Vanderbilt Fatigue Scale for Adults (VFS-A). (2021) |
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| Authors | Hornsby BWY;Camarata S;Cho SJ;Davis H;McGarrigle R;Bess FH; |
| Journal | Psychological Assessment |
| DOI | 10.1037/pas0001021 |
| Title | Older adults show a more sustained pattern of effortful listening than young adults. (2021) |
| Authors | McGarrigle R;Knight S;Rakusen L;Geller J;Mattys S; |
| Journal | Psychology and Aging |
| DOI | 10.1037/pag0000587 |
| Title | Effortful listening under the microscope: Examining relations between pupillometric and subjective markers of effort and tiredness from listening. (2021) |
| Authors | McGarrigle R;Rakusen L;Mattys S; |
| Journal | Psychophysiology |
| DOI | 10.1111/psyp.13703 |
| Title | Behavioral Measures of Listening Effort in School-Age Children: Examining the Effects of Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Hearing Loss, and Amplification. (2019) |
| Authors | McGarrigle R;Gustafson SJ;Hornsby BWY;Bess FH; |
| Journal | Ear and Hearing |
| DOI | 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000623 |
| Title | Measuring listening-related effort and fatigue in school-aged children using pupillometry. (2017) |
| Authors | McGarrigle R;Dawes P;Stewart AJ;Kuchinsky SE;Munro KJ; |
| Journal | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jecp.2017.04.006 |
| Title | Pupillometry reveals changes in physiological arousal during a sustained listening task. (2017) |
| Authors | McGarrigle R;Dawes P;Stewart AJ;Kuchinsky SE;Munro KJ; |
| Journal | Psychophysiology |
| DOI | 10.1111/psyp.12772 |
| Title | Listening effort and fatigue: what exactly are we measuring? A British Society of Audiology Cognition in Hearing Special Interest Group 'white paper'. (2014) |
| Authors | McGarrigle R;Munro KJ;Dawes P;Stewart AJ;Moore DR;Barry JG;Amitay S; |
| Journal | International Journal of Audiology |
| DOI | 10.3109/14992027.2014.890296 |