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A further parallel between selective adaptation and contrast.

R L Diehl, M Lang, E M Parker

    Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance
    |February 1, 1980
    PubMed
    Summary

    Selective adaptation effects in speech perception may stem from contrast, not reduced auditory sensitivity. This study found that adaptation and contrast effects in speech perception are driven by stimulus context, supporting the contrast hypothesis.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psycholinguistics
    • Auditory Perception
    • Phonetics

    Background:

    • Selective adaptation effects in speech perception are traditionally attributed to reduced auditory feature detector sensitivity.
    • Recent research suggests these effects might originate from perceptual contrast instead.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To further investigate the contrast hypothesis of speech perception.
    • To differentiate between adaptation and contrast mechanisms in auditory perception.

    Main Methods:

    • Two experiments were conducted, each with adaptation and contrast sessions using matched stimulus sets.
    • Experiment 1 used velar stimuli varying in voice onset time (VOT) and vowel quality ([ga]-[kha], [gi]-[khi]).
    • Experiment 2 used stimuli varying in pitch instead of vowel quality.

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    Main Results:

    • In Experiment 1, both adaptation and contrast sessions showed that /a/-vowel test items were influenced by /a/-vowel adaptors more than /i/-vowel adaptors.
    • /i/-vowel test items were not differentially affected by /i/- or /i/-vowel adaptors.
    • Experiment 2 found no differential effect of adaptor pitch on test items in either session.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings provide further evidence that adaptation effects in speech perception are a form of perceptual contrast.
    • The results challenge the traditional view of adaptation solely as a reduction in auditory sensitivity.