2020
Effects of Ultrasound Familiarization on Production and Perception of Nonnative Contrasts
Roon K, Kang J, Whalen D. Effects of Ultrasound Familiarization on Production and Perception of Nonnative Contrasts. Phonetica 2020, 77: 350-393. PMID: 32008006, PMCID: PMC9188028, DOI: 10.1159/000505298.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrasound familiarityNonnative speech soundsPresence of palatalizationClasses of soundsPalatal consonantsWord-finalNonnative contrastsRussian consonantsFamiliarizing learnersLearner groupsSpeech soundsNaive learnersLearnersUltrasound learnersNovel contextsConsonantsFamiliarityContextSoundPostfamiliarizationDiscrimination taskDiscrimination trainingTongueTaskPerception
2018
Individual differences and their effect on the nature of speech motor errors in younger and older adults
Dawson K, Tiede M, Whalen D. Individual differences and their effect on the nature of speech motor errors in younger and older adults. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2018, 144: 1905-1905. DOI: 10.1121/1.5068347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpeech errorsOlder adultsAge-related effectsMotor speechWord pairsRating taskCognitive abilitiesSpeech paradigmSpeech movementsBehavioral predictorsLip apertureMotor errorSpeechError tendenciesMetronome rateAdultsTaskTongue contoursIndividual characteristicsArticulatory dataError incidenceMetronomeWordsSpeakersParticipants
2017
Perception and production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English
Grover V, Shafer V, Whalen D, Levy E. Perception and production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2017, 141: 3516-3516. DOI: 10.1121/1.4987387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpeakers of EnglishHindi speakersHindi listenersAmerican EnglishLength of residenceNative Hindi speakersAmerican English consonantsEnglish listenersEnglish consonantsWord formsProduction taskEnglishSpeakersHindiSpeech perceptionListenersPerceptual learningConsonantsFindings shed lightPerceptionLanguageSpeechTraining programTaskTokens
2015
A dual task study of the effects of increased cognitive load on speech motor control
Dawson K, Bomide G, Tiede M, Whalen D. A dual task study of the effects of increased cognitive load on speech motor control. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2015, 138: 1779-1779. DOI: 10.1121/1.4933632.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInhibition taskCognitive loadEffect of increased cognitive loadBehavioral task performanceSpeech motor taskSpeech motor controlDual-task studiesSpeech taskSpeech measuresCognitive demandsTask performanceTask studiesVisual attentionMotor tasksNature of variablesMotor controlF0 measuresSpeech acousticsTaskConcurrent recordingMemorySpeechAnalysis of kinematic dataParticipantsKinematic data
1991
Subcategorical phonetic mismatches and lexical access
Whalen D. Subcategorical phonetic mismatches and lexical access. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 1991, 50: 351-360. PMID: 1758766, DOI: 10.3758/bf03212227.Peer-Reviewed Original Research