PSY 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Phoneme, Psy, Vocal Folds
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Lecture 7: speech wrap up & introduction to attention. Lack of invariance: lack of invariance: reliable and constant relations between a phoneme (a basic sound in a language) and the acoustic manifestation are hard to find, could also be called the presence of variability sources: context-induced: It was found that the: *eel was on the axle. It was found that the: *eel was on the shoe. Chinchillas and japanese quail do categorical perception mcgurk effect make sure to read about general mechanisms. At early points in time, signal is temporarily ambiguous- you cant know what the word is. Reation times 20% slower than without cell phone: strayer et al. Hands-free cell phone in heavy traffic (simulated) Took longer to deploy brakes then without cell phone more intentional blindness: emberson et al. Even hearing someone else have a cell phone conversation decreases performance.