Abstract

The main objective of the proposed research is to described how humans process auditory stimuli. The research is carried out in the framework of an information processing model of the sequence of stages between the sound stimulus and meaning in the mind of the observer. The research paradigms include speech and nonspeech perception experiments. Factorial designs and functional measurement techniques are used to determine the acoustic features of speech sounds and how the features are combined and integrated in speech perceptoin. Listeners are asked for continuous rather than discrete judgments to provide a more direct assessment of the nature and utilization of featural information. Phonological context will be varied simultaneously with the variation of acoustic featural information to assess how higher-order context is integrated with featural information in speech perception. This experimental framework will be extended to studies of the similarities and differences in the perception of speech and nonspeech signals.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01NS020314-06
Application #
3400616
Study Section
Hearing Research Study Section (HAR)
Project Start
1983-12-01
Project End
1988-02-29
Budget Start
1985-12-01
Budget End
1988-02-29
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
1986
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of California Santa Cruz
Department
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
City
Santa Cruz
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
95064

  Publications

Smeele, P M; Massaro, D W; Cohen, M M et al. (1998) Laterality in visual speech perception. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 24:1232-42
Weldon, M S; Massaro, D W (1996) Integration of orthographic, conceptual, and episodic information on implicit and explicit tests. Can J Exp Psychol 50:72-86
Massaro, D W; Cohen, M M; Smeele, P M (1995) Cross-linguistic comparisons in the integration of visual and auditory speech. Mem Cognit 23:113-31
Massaro, D W; Oden, G C (1995) Independence of lexical context and phonological information in speech perception. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn 21:1053-64
Thompson, L A; Massaro, D W (1994) Children's integration of speech and pointing gestures in comprehension. J Exp Child Psychol 57:327-54
Massaro, D W; Cohen, M M (1994) Visual, orthographic, phonological, and lexical influences in reading. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 20:1107-28
Massaro, D W (1994) A pattern recognition account of decision making. Mem Cognit 22:616-27
Massaro, D W; Cohen, M M; Gesi, A T (1993) Long-term training, transfer, and retention in learning to lipread. Percept Psychophys 53:549-62
Massaro, D W; Cowan, N (1993) Information processing models: microscopes of the mind. Annu Rev Psychol 44:383-425
Massaro, D W; Cohen, M M (1993) The paradigm and the fuzzy logical model of perception are alive and well. J Exp Psychol Gen 122:115-24

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