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Alexander L. Francis

Psychology · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1993Rising activity
Phonetics and Phonology ResearchHearing Loss and RehabilitationNoise Effects and ManagementLinguistic Variation and MorphologySpeech Recognition and Synthesis

Publications

140

Citations

4,190

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

34

Publishing since 1993

Research summary
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Alexander L. Francis studies how people perceive and process speech and sound, especially under difficult listening conditions like background noise, hearing loss, or high mental workload. His recent work applies ideas from attention and neuroscience (such as models of effort and 'free energy minimization') to real-world settings including surgery, cybersecurity, hearing aids, and everyday social interaction. Prospective students would be exposed to a mix of behavioral, physiological (e.g., skin conductance, heart rate), and theoretical approaches to understanding listening effort and attention.

Speech perception and listening effortHearing loss and auditory agingAttention and cognitive workloadPhysiological measures (electrodermal activity, autonomic arousal)Applied neuroergonomics (surgery, cybersecurity, noise environments)

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade but shows a notable increase in 2024, with a recent average of about 6 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 14 publications14242025: 6 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America×15
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders×2
  • JASA Express Letters×2
  • American Journal of Audiology×2
  • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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