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Speech perception by the chinchilla: Identification functions for synthetic VOT stimuli
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In an attempt to clearly differentiate perceptual effects that are attributable to ’’auditory’’ and ’’phonetic’’ levels of processing in speech perception we have undertaken a series of experiments with animal listeners. Four chinchillas (Chinchilla laniger) were trained to respond differently to the ’’endpoints’’ of a synthetic alveolar speech continuum (0 ms VOT and +80 ms VOT) and were then tested in a generalization paradigm with the VOT stimuli between these endpoints. The resulting identification functions were nearly identical to those obtained with adult English-speaking listeners. To test the generality of this agreement, the animals were then tested with synthetic stimuli that had labial and velar places of articulation. As a whole, the functions produced by the two species were very similar; the same relative locations of the phonetic boundaries, with lowest VOT boundaries for labial stimuli and highest for velar stimuli, were obtained for each animal and human subject. No significant differences between species on the absolute values of the phonetic boundaries were obtained, but chinchillas produced identification functions that were slightly, but significantly, less steep. These results are discussed with regard to theories of speech perception, the evolution of a speech-sound repertoire, and current interpretations of the human infant’s perceptual proclivities with regard to speech-sound perception.
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“This conclusion is supported by Kuhl and Miller (1978), who report that it is possible to train chinchillas in such a way that they achieve human performance in identifying stimuli along a VOT continuum.”
BackgroundPhase-locked cortical responses to a human speech sound and low-frequency tones in the monkey
Steinschneider, M., Arezzo, J. C., & Vaughan, H. G. (1980) · Brain Research · doi:10.1016/0006-8993(80)90345-5 · Cited by 71
New Insights Into Old Puzzles From Infants' Categorical Discrimination of Soundless Phonetic Units
Baker, S. A., Golinkoff, R. M., & Petitto, L. (2006) · Language Learning and Development · doi:10.1207/s15473341lld0203_1 · Cited by 71
“The claim has been weakened by research showing that certain nonhumans also exhibit categorical discrimination (CD) for human speech sounds (Kluender, Diehl, & Killeen, 1987; Kuhl, 1981; Kuhl & Miller, 1975, 1978; Kuhl & Padden, 1982, 1983; Morse & Snowdon, 1975; Waters & Wilson, 1976) and by research demonstrating CD…”
BackgroundBenkı́, J. R. (2001) · Journal of Phonetics · doi:10.1006/jpho.2000.0128 · Cited by 67
“Finally, the relation between [voice] categorization and the main variables of VOT, F 1 transition pattern, and place of articulation is quanti"ed using the results of the logistic regression analysis (Fig.”
BackgroundResultInfluentialLIEBERMAN, P. H. (1990) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x0008119x · Cited by 67
Neural and behavioral correlates of auditory categorization
Russ, B. E., Lee, Y. S., & Cohen, Y. E. (2007) · Hearing Research · doi:10.1016/j.heares.2006.10.010 · Cited by 68
“Comparable results were found with chinchillas as well (Kuhl and Miller, 1975, 1978).”
Result
Metadata
- Authors
- Kuhl, P. K., & Miller, J. D.
- Affiliations
- Central Institute for the Deaf (US)
- Venue
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- Publisher
- Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
- Published
- 1978-03-01
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 905-917
- ISSN
- 0001-4966 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-8524
- OpenAlex
- W2026219038
- Cited by
- 430
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Keywords
- speech perception, chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera, voice onset time, identification function, phonetic boundaries, cross-species comparison, infant speech perception
- MeSH terms
- Acoustics, Adult, Animals, Auditory Perception, Chinchilla, Biological Evolution, Humans, Infant, Phonetics, Species Specificity, Speech, Time Factors, Voice
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