Perception of place-of-articulation information in natural speech by monkeys versus humans

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1341-1350

  Sinnott, Joan M ^a   Gilmore, Casey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MACACA; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 17944365918     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195002     Document Type: Article

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