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Is speech perception modular or interactive?

Jeffrey S Bowers1, Colin J Davis

  • 1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, 8 Woodland Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1TN, UK. j.bowers@bris.ac.uk

Trends in Cognitive Sciences
|December 31, 2003
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Listeners learn speech sound categories through word feedback, but this learning doesn't affect real-time speech processing. This challenges modular theories of speech perception.

Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Auditory Perception

Background:

  • Recent studies show listeners learn phoneme categories based on lexical feedback.
  • A modular account of speech perception suggests feedback influences learning but not online processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the implications of phoneme category learning via lexical feedback.
  • To reconcile experimental findings with a modular speech perception theory.
  • To discuss challenges in integrating top-down learning with modularity.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental evidence on phoneme category learning.
  • Theoretical analysis of modular speech perception.
  • Discussion of top-down feedback mechanisms.

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Main Results:

  • Listeners demonstrate learning of phoneme categories in response to lexical feedback.
  • Top-down feedback supports phoneme learning but not online phonemic processing.

Conclusions:

  • Findings suggest broader implications for speech perception models than initially assumed.
  • Integrating top-down learning with modular speech perception theories presents challenges.