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Michael A. Tollefsrud, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow · Kansas State UniversityAuditory Perception · Working Memory · Cognitive NeuroscienceI study how auditory perception, attention, and emotion influence memory, using behavioral, psychophysical, and EEG methods.

Featured Research

Auditory Working Memory and Misophonia. Behavioral and EEG investigations of auditory interference and memory performance.
Emotion, Attention, and Memory. How affective and auditory context shape working memory and perception.

Publications

Tollefsrud, M. A., & Wisniewski, M. G. (2026). Working Memory Disruption and Altered Alpha Dynamics in Misophonics. Brain Sciences, 16(11), 1199.Davoudkhani, M., Tollefsrud, M., & Bailey, H. (2026). Neural pattern stability within events is similar in young and older adults. Scientific Reports.Tollefsrud, M. A., Joyner, C. N., Zakrzewski, A. C., & Wisniewski, M. G. (2024). Not fully remembered, but not forgotten: Interfering sounds worsen but do not eliminate the representation of pitch in working memory. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics.Wisniewski, M. G., & Tollefsrud, M. A. (2023). Auditory short-term memory for pitch loses precision over time. JASA Express Letters, 3(3), 034402.