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Auditory and phonetic memory codes in the discrimination of consonants and vowels

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Pisoni, David B.·1973·Perception & Psychophysics

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Recognition memory for consonants and vowels selected from within and between phonetic categories was examined in a delayed comparison discrimination task. Accuracy of discrimination for synthetic vowels selected from both within and between categories was inversely related to the magnitude of the comparison interval. In contrast, discrimination of synthetic stop consonants remained relatively stable both within and between categories. The results indicate that differences in discrimination between consonants and vowels are primarily due to the differential availability of auditory short-term memory for the acoustic cues distinguishing these two classes of speech sounds. The findings provide evidence for distinct auditory and phonetic memory codes in speech perception.

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  • Pisoni (1973) found an inverse relationship between vowel discrimination and interstimulus interval in a same-different AX discrimination task.

    “In support, Pisoni (1973) found an inverse relationship between vowel discrimination and interstimulus interval (lSI) in a same-different (AX) discrimination task.”

    From Cross-language evidence for three factors in speech perception (1985) · cites this paper as Pisoni (1973)

  • At shorter ISIs, subjects showed evidence of within-category auditory-level discriminations, whereas at longer ISIs only phonetic categorization was evident.

    “At the shorter ISIs, subjects showed evidence of within-category auditory-level discriminations, whereas at longer ISIs only phonetic categorization was evident.”

    From Cross-language evidence for three factors in speech perception (1985) · cites this paper as Pisoni (1973)

  • In dual-factor models, the acoustic waveform is stored in both an auditory and a phonetic code, but the auditory code decays rapidly relative to the acoustic code.

    “In dual-factor models, it is proposed that the acoustic waveform is stored in both an auditory and a phonetic code, but that the auditory code decays rapidly relative to the acoustic code (Fujisaki & Kawashima, 1969, 1970;Pisoni, 1973).”

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  • The three ISI conditions affect performance differentially.

    “This suggests that the three lSI conditions affect performance differentially, and is consistent with previous work showing that lSI affects the use of phonetic vs. auditory levels of processing (Crowder, 1982;Pisoni, 1973).”

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  1. Fujisaki, H., & Kawashima, T. On the modes and mechanisms of speech perception. Annual Report of the Engineering Research Institute, .Vol. 28, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 1969,67-73.
  2. Lisker, 1., & Abramson, A. S. Some experiments in comparative phonetics. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Prague, September 1967.

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Authors
Pisoni, D. B.
Affiliations
Indiana University Bloomington (US)
Corresponding author
Pisoni, David B.
Venue
Perception & Psychophysics
Published
1973-06
Volume
13
Issue
2
Pages
253-260
ISSN
  • 0031-5117 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-5962
OpenAlex
W2125624224
Cited by
608
References
18
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FWCI
22.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Perception & Psychophysics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Keywords
auditory short-term memory, recognition memory, synthetic vowels, stop consonants, speech perception, acoustic cues, phonetic categories

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