Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Psychology
Brandeis University
United States of America
Dr. Wingfield received his doctorate in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University after receiving a Master’s degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Northwestern University. His research on spoken language comprehension and memory in adult aging has been recognized by two successive MERIT Awards from the National Institute on Aging, as well as an Editor’s Award from the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research for his early work on time-compressed speech. He is recipient of the 2010 Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award from Division 20 of the American Psychological Association and the Margaret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation in Berlin. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Cambridge, England, the University of Copenhagen, and UCLA.
Age-related hearing loss in older adults and its effects on cognitive function, speech comprehension and memory.