Vowel categorization by very young infants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9787669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Cameron Marean (Seattle University, corresponding author), Lynne A Werner (University of Washington), Patricia K Kuhl (0000-0002-1651-9742, University of Washington) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 396-405 |
| Publication date | 1992-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0012-1649.28.3.396 |
| OpenAlex | W2031880432 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 11 |
Six-month-old infants are known to categorize vowels despite variation in talker voice and pitch contour. Using the observer-based psychoacoustic procedure, this study asked whether 2- and 3-month-olds could categorize similarly. Infants were trained to respond whenever the vowel category alternated from /a/ to /i/ and to refrain from responding when the vowel category remained the same, despite variation in spectral cues associated with pitch and talker changes. Eighty percent of 2-, 3-, and 6-month-olds did not respond the first time a talker change occurred in the absence of a vowel change, suggesting that even the younger infants recognize these spectrally different sounds as perceptually equivalent
Categorization · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Language development · Linguistics · Vowel · Language Development and Disorders · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
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Control Methods Used in a Study of the Vowels
Linguistic Experience Alters Phonetic Perception in Infants by 6 Months of Age
Cross-language speech perception
Cross-language speech perception
Development of categorization skills
Observational measures of auditory sensitivity in early infancy
Infants' sensitivity to vowel and tonal contrasts
Pitch perception in young infants
An observer-based psychoacoustic procedure for use with young infants
Detection theory analysis of group data
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2023 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |