Annie Gilbert
Research Associate
Dr. Annie C. Gilbert is a research associate at the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at McGill University. Her research investigates the impact of individual differences in bilingual experience on speech production and segmentation in L1 and L2 using behavioural and electrophysiological paradigms. She earned her Ph.D. in phonetics at Université de Montréal and competed her postdoctoral work in psychology at McGill University, looking at bilingual speech planning.
Peer Reviewed Papers
Boucher, V. J., Gilbert, A. C., & Jemel, B. (2019). The Role of Low-frequency Neural Oscillations in Speech Processing: Revisiting Delta Entrainment. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31 (8), 1205-1215. doi:10.1162/jocn_a_01410
Boucher, V. J., Gilbert, A. C., & Rosier-Bisaillon, A. (2018). The Structural effects of modality on the rise of symbolic language: A Rebuttal of evolutionary accounts and a laboratory demonstration. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(2300), 1-13. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02300
Gilbert, A. C., Boucher, V. J., & Jemel, B. (2015). The perceptual chunking of speech: A demonstration using ERPs. Brain Research, 1603, 101-113. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2015.01.032.
Gilbert, A. C., Boucher, V. J., & Jemel, B. (2014). Perceptual chunking and its effect on memory in speech processing: ERP and behavioral evidence. Frontiers in Psychology : Language Sciences, 5(220), 1-9.
doi : 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00220.
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
Gilbert, A. C., Itzhak, I., & Baum, S. (2016). A cross-language investigation of word segmentation by bilinguals with varying degrees of proficiency: Preliminary results. Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2016, Boston, MA.
Gilbert, A. C., Boucher, V. J., & Jemel, B. (2015). Individual differences in working memory capacity and their effect on speech processing. Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Glasgow, UK.
Gilbert, A. C., Boucher, V. J., & Jemel, B. (2012). Effects of temporal chunking on speech recall. In Q. Ma, H. Ding, & D. Hirst (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Speech Prosody (Vol. 2, pp. 524-527). Shanghai, China: Tongji University Press.
Gilbert, A. C., Boucher, V. J., & Jemel, B. (2011). The role of rhythmic chunking in speech: Synthesis of findings and evidence from statistical learning. In W.-S. Lee & E. Zee (Eds.), Proceeding of The 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp.747-750). Hong Kong, China: City University of Hong Kong.
Gilbert, A. C., Boucher, V. J., & Jemel, B. (2010). Exploring the rhythmic segmentation of heard speech using evoked potentials. Speech Prosody 2010, 100 334, 1-3.
Boucher, V. J. & Gilbert, A. C. (2009). The physiology and acoustics of vocal fatigue I: New findings of criterion-based signs for the prevention of acquired voice disorders. In J. I. Godino-Llorente & P. Gomez-Vilda (Eds.), 3rd Advanced Voice Function Assessment International Workshop (pp. 97-100). Madrid, Spain: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Boucher, V. J. & Gilbert, A. C. (2009). The physiology and acoustics of vocal fatigue II: What software designers need to know about signs of potential vocal fold lesions. In J. I. Godino-Llorente & P. Gomez-Vilda (Eds.), 3rd Advanced Voice Function Assessment International Workshop (pp. 101-104). Madrid, Spain: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Gilbert, A. C., Boucher, V. J., & Jemel, B. (2008). Size of rhythm-groups affects the memory trace of heard words in utterances: Results from a pilot study using evoked potentials. In P. A. Barbosa, S. Madureira, & C. Reis (Eds.), Proceedings of the Speech Prosody 2008 Conference (pp. 379-382). Campinas, Brazil: Editora RG/CNPq.
Gilbert, A. C. & Boucher, V. J. (2007). What do listeners attend to in hearing prosodic structures? Investigating the human speech-parser using short-term recall. In H. van Hamme & R. van Son (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (InterSpeech2007) (pp. 430-433), Antwerp, Belgium: ISCA.
Gilbert, A. C. & Boucher, V. J. (2006). Syntax and syllable count as predictors of French tonal groups: Drawing links to memory for prosody. In R. Hoffmann & H. Mixdorff (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Speech Prosody (pp. 289-292). Dresden, Germany: TUD press.
2016-2018: Insight Development Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2012 – 2014: Bourse postdoctorale, Fonds Québécois de Recherche sur la Société et la Culture.
2010: Prix 2010 d’excellence en enseignement de l'Université de Montréal (Excellence in teaching award, University level).
2007 – 2010: Canada Graduate Scholarships — Doctorate, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
2006 – 2008: Bourse de doctorat en recherche, Fonds Québécois de Recherche sur la Société et la Culture.
2004: Canada Graduate Scholarships — Master's, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.