Speeded detection of vowels: A cross-linguistic study

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 807-822

  Cutler, Anne ^a,b   Van Ooijen, Brit ^a,c   Norris, Dennis ^a   Sánchez Casas, Rosa ^d  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030210195     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03205485     Document Type: Article

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