Vowel recognition: Inferences from studies of forward and backward masking.
| Number | 225 |
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| Year | 1977 |
| Drawer | 4 |
| Entry Date | 06/03/1999 |
| Authors | Dorman, M. F., Kewley-Port, D., Brady, S.A., & Turvey, M. T. |
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| Publication | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 29, 483-497 |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0225.pdf |
| Abstract | Studied the recognition of brief vowels in forward and backward masking tasks. In 4 experiments in which both target and mask parameters were systematically varied for the undergraduate Ss, 2 populations of Ss were identified. The majority (Nonmaskers) evidenced little masking at any interstimulus interval, while relatively fewer Ss (Maskers) evidenced backward masking (but not forward masking) over a 100-200 msec interval. Increasing target set size systematically increased masking for the Maskers but not for the Nonmaskers. Adding white noise to the targets increased the extent of masking for both groups. These results suggest (a) that masking does not impose a substantive constraint on vowel perception in running speech, and (b) that multiple strategies may exist for vowel recognition. |
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