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Measuring acoustic cue encoding and categorization during speech processing using the auditory N1 and P3 ERP components

Toscano, J. C., & McMurray, B. (2011, November). Paper presented at the 10th Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting, Seattle WA.

Abstract: An important question in speech perception is whether listeners encode speech sounds in terms of continuous acoustic cues at early stages of processing or whether they perceive them only in terms of categories... Read more →

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Perceiving speech in context

Compensation for contextual variability at the level of acoustic cue encoding and categorization

Toscano, J. C. (2011). Doctoral dissertation, University of Iowa.

Abstract:

Several fundamental questions about speech perception concern how listeners understand spoken language despite considerable variability in speech sounds across different contexts (the problem of lack of invariance in speech)... Read more →

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Listeners’ sensitivity to acoustic detail in speech at the level of both early encoding and categorization

Toscano, J. C., McMurray, B., Luck, S. J., & Dennhardt, J. (2009, April). Poster presented at the 15th International Congress on Event-Related Potentials of the Brain, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN... Read more →

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Perception of voicing is graded all the way down

Evidence from electrophysiology

Toscano, J. C. & McMurray, B. (2008, October). Talk presented at the 14th Midcontinental Workshop on Phonology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Abstract:

Phonological distinctions, such as voicing, are manifested as variations in continuous acoustic cues in the speech signal. These cues are ultimately categorized into a small number of distinct phonological categories... Read more →

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Gradient effects of continuous acoustic detail revealed in event-related potentials

Dennhardt, J., McMurray, B., Luck, S. J., and Toscano, J. C. (2006, June). Poster presented at the 151st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Providence, RI.

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