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Drewnowski, Adam – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1980
The results of three experiments provide evidence that the observed detrimental effects of acoustic similarity on serial recall may be a consequence of poorer memory for the order of consonant sounds as opposed to vowel sounds. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Auditory Perception, Consonants, Language Research
Healy, Alice F.; Cutting, James E. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
Two detection experiments were conducted with short lists of synthetic speech stimuli where phoneme targets were compared to syllable targets. Results suggest that phonemes and syllables are equally basic to speech perception. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing
Kadesh, Irving; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
A study is reported in which pairs of synonyms, antonyms, coordinates, and super super-subordinates were presented dichotically to university students. After each pair the subject reported what he heard. In one condition the two members of a pair were presented simultaneously, and in another they were presented sequentially. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing