The Bounds on Flexibility in Speech Perception

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-211

  Sjerps, Matthias J ^a   McQueen, James M ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bilingualism; perceptual learning; speech perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION;

HUMANS; LEARNING; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 76049104340     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016803     Document Type: Article

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