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Speech Perception by the Chinchilla: Voiced-Voiceless Distinction in Alveolar Plosive Consonants

Kuhl, Patricia K., Miller, James D.·1975·Science

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Four chinchillas were trained to respond differently to /t/ and /d/ consonant-vowel syllables produced by four talkers in three vowel contexts. This training generalized to novel instances, including synthetically produced /da/ and /ta/ (voice-onset times of 0 and +80 milliseconds, respectively). In a second experiment, synthetic stimuli with voice-onset times between 0 and +80 milliseconds were presented for identification. The form of the labeling functions and the "phonetic boundaries" for chinchillas and English-speaking adults were similar.

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  • Animals exhibit categorical perception, with perceptual boundaries at locations where humans perceive a shift from one phonetic category to another.

    “Animals also exhibited categorical perception; they demonstrated perceptual “boundaries” at locations where humans perceive a shift from one phonetic category to another (18, 19) (Fig. 3).”

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Authors
Kuhl, P. K., & Miller, J. D.
Affiliations
Central Institute for the Deaf (US)
Venue
Science
Published
1975-10-03
Volume
190
Issue
4209
Pages
69-72
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2022465033
Cited by
691
References
10
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FWCI
18.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Keywords
speech perception, chinchilla, voice onset time, phonetic boundaries, generalization to novel stimuli
MeSH terms
Animals, Auditory Perception, Chinchilla, Conditioning, Psychological, Language, Phonetics, Speech

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