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Merging information in speech recognition: feedback is never necessary.

D Norris1, J M McQueen, A Cutler

  • 1Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, CB2 2EF, United Kingdom. dennis.norris@.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|April 17, 2001
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Speech recognition is modular and does not require top-down feedback, which can actually impair performance. A new model, Merge, explains phonemic decisions without feedback loops, supporting a modular view of spoken word recognition.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Neuroscience

Background:

  • The role of feedback in speech recognition remains debated.
  • Existing models like TRACE and Race have limitations in explaining phonemic decision-making data.
  • The necessity of top-down feedback for spoken word recognition is questioned.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the necessity of top-down feedback in speech recognition.
  • To propose and validate a new modular model for phonemic decision making.
  • To explain lexical involvement in phonemic decisions without feedback loops.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of lexical involvement in phonemic decision-making.
  • Critique of existing models (TRACE, Race) based on experimental data.

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  • Development and computer simulation of the Merge model.

    • Main Results:

    • The TRACE model with feedback fails to account for all phonemic decision data.
    • The Merge model, a modular system, successfully predicts lexical involvement.
    • Merge explains phonemic decisions in words and nonwords via competition between lexical hypotheses.

    Conclusions:

    • Top-down feedback is not essential and can hinder speech recognition.
    • Modular models, like Merge, are well-suited for speech recognition.
    • Spoken word recognition can be explained by prelexical and lexical information merging without feedback.