Categorical perception of speech (VOT) and analogous non-speech (FOT) signals: Behavioral and electrophysiological correlates

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-128

  Horev, Nitza ^a,b   Most, Tova ^b   Pratt, Hillel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; LINGUISTICS; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; MALE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846083265     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000250021.69163.96     Document Type: Article

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