Categorical perception (CP) is the phenomenon by which the categories possessed by an
observer influences the observers' perception. Experimentally, CP is revealed when an …

Categorization is a very basic cognitive activity. It is involved in any task that calls for
differential responding, from operant discrimination to pattern recognition to naming and …

Neuroimaging studies of language have typically focused on either production or
comprehension of single speech utterances such as syllables, words, or sentences. In this …

The scientific study of emotion has long been dominated by theories emphasizing the
subjective experience of emotions and their accompanying expressive and physiological …

Linguistic experience affects phonetic perception. However, the critical period during which
experience affects perception and the mechanism responsible for these effects are …

My goal in writing this book has been to convey the principles and issues of
psycholinguistics in a straightforward and accessible manner. The field, although principally …

The Psychology of Language is a thorough revision and update of the popular second
edition. It contains everything the student needs to know about the psychology of language …

Four experiments investigated the influence of categorization training on perceptual
discrimination. Ss were trained according to 1 of 4 different categorization regimes …

Spanish but not French uses accent to distinguish between words (eg, tópo vs topó). Two
populations of subjects were tested on the same materials to determine whether this …

Drawing on recent research in neurobiology, artificial intelligence, cognitive science and
medicine, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the functions and dysfunctions of …