Perceptual compensation for coarticulation by Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).

@article{citeulike:513503, abstract = {When members of a series of synthesized stop consonants varying in third-formant (F3) characteristics and varying perceptually from /da/ to /ga/ are preceded by /al/, human listeners report hearing more /ga/ syllables than when the members of the series are preceded by /ar/. It has been suggested that this shift in identification is the result of specialized processes that compensate for acoustic consequences of coarticulation. To test the species-specificity of this perceptual phenomenon, data were collected from nonhuman animals in a syllable "labeling" task. Four Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) were trained to peck a key differentially to identify clear /da/ and /ga/ exemplars. After training, ambiguous members of a /da/-/ga/ series were presented in the context of /al/ and /ar/ syllables. Pecking performance demonstrated a shift which coincided with data from humans. These results suggest that processes underlying "perceptual compensation for coarticulation" are species-general. In addition, the pattern of response behavior expressed is rather common across perceptual systems.}, address = {University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA. ajlotto@facstaff.wisc.edu}, author = {Lotto, A. J. and Kluender, K. R. and Holt, L. L. }, citeulike-article-id = {513503}, comment = {for dick aslin's class}, issn = {0001-4966}, journal = {J Acoust Soc Am}, keywords = {animal, categorical\_perception, perception, phonetics, speech}, month = {August}, number = {2 Pt 1}, pages = {1134--1140}, posted-at = {2006-02-20 18:39:04}, priority = {3}, title = {Perceptual compensation for coarticulation by Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9265760}, volume = {102}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:513503 L3 - citeulike-article-id:513503 TI - Perceptual compensation for coarticulation by Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). JF - J Acoust Soc Am VL - 102 IS - 2 Pt 1 SP - 1134 EP - 1140 AD - University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA. ajlotto@facstaff.wisc.edu SN - 0001-4966 N2 - When members of a series of synthesized stop consonants varying in third-formant (F3) characteristics and varying perceptually from /da/ to /ga/ are preceded by /al/, human listeners report hearing more /ga/ syllables than when the members of the series are preceded by /ar/. It has been suggested that this shift in identification is the result of specialized processes that compensate for acoustic consequences of coarticulation. To test the species-specificity of this perceptual phenomenon, data were collected from nonhuman animals in a syllable "labeling" task. Four Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) were trained to peck a key differentially to identify clear /da/ and /ga/ exemplars. After training, ambiguous members of a /da/-/ga/ series were presented in the context of /al/ and /ar/ syllables. Pecking performance demonstrated a shift which coincided with data from humans. These results suggest that processes underlying "perceptual compensation for coarticulation" are species-general. In addition, the pattern of response behavior expressed is rather common across perceptual systems. KW - animal KW - categorical_perception KW - perception KW - phonetics KW - speech N1 - for dick aslin's class AU - Lotto, AJ AU - Kluender, KR AU - Holt, LL PY - 1997/08// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9265760 ER -