This chapter focuses on one of the first steps in comprehending spoken language: How do
listeners extract the most fundamental linguistic elements—consonants and vowels, or the …

Speech perception (SP) most commonly refers to the perceptual map** from the highly
variable acoustic speech signal to a linguistic representation, whether it be phonemes …

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the
standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief …

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This article presents an account of how early language experience can impede the
acquisition of non-native phonemes during adulthood. The hypothesis is that early language …

This study examines the perception of English vowels by native speakers of Italian. In two
preliminary experiments, Italian university students who had lived in Canada for 3 months …

Most 'phonetically driven'or functionalist theories of phonology propose that two of the
fundamental forces sha** phonology are the need to minimise effort on the part of the …

The temporal lobe in the left hemisphere has long been implicated in the perception of
speech sounds. Little is known, however, regarding the specific function of different temporal …

A variety of studies have demonstrated that organizing stimuli into categories can affect the
way the stimuli are perceived. We explore the influence of categories on perception through …

The role of auditory feedback in speech motor control was explored in three related
experiments. Experiment 1 investigated auditory sensorimotor adaptation: the process by …