Successful speech perception requires that listeners map the acoustic signal to linguistic
categories. These mappings are not only probabilistic, but change depending on the …

The emerging viewpoint of embodied cognition holds that cognitive processes are deeply
rooted in the body's interactions with the world. This position actually houses a number of …

Like its predecessor, the revised Speech Learning Model (SLM-r) focuses on the learning of
L2 vowels and consonants (or “sounds,” for short) across the life-span. To define the context …

When we read or listen to language, we are faced with the challenge of inferring intended
messages from noisy input. This challenge is exacerbated by considerable variability …

Understanding speech in our native tongue seems natural and effortless; listening to speech
in a nonnative language is a different experience. In this book, Anne Cutler argues that …

When humans talk without conventionalized arrangements, they engage in conversation—
that is, a continuous and largely nonsimultaneous exchange in which speakers take turns …

Listeners are exquisitely sensitive to fine-grained acoustic detail within phonetic categories
for sounds and words. Here we show that this sensitivity is optimal given the probabilistic …

Categorical perception (CP) is likely the single finding from speech perception with the
biggest impact on cognitive science. However, within speech perception, it is widely known …

The renewed focus of attention on investigating spontaneous speech samples in speech
and language research has increased the need for recordings of speech in interactive …

Different speakers may pronounce the same sounds very differently, yet listeners have little
difficulty perceiving speech accurately. Recent research suggests that listeners adjust their …