The perceptual magnet effect in Australian English vowels

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-20

  Thyer, Nick ^a   Hickson, Louise ^a   Dodd, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

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

EID: 0033629990     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212057     Document Type: Article

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