Perceptual compensation for differences in speaking style

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Vitela, A Davi ^a   Warner, Natasha ^a   Lotto, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Context effects; Natural speech; Reduced speech; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885353426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00399     Document Type: Article

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