2012
Word learning under adverse listening conditions: Context-specific recognition
Creel S, Aslin R, Tanenhaus M. Word learning under adverse listening conditions: Context-specific recognition. Language Cognition And Neuroscience 2012, 27: 1021-1038. DOI: 10.1080/01690965.2011.610597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse listening conditionsWord learningListening conditionsLearning phasePicture selection taskNew vocabulary itemsListeners' representationsUnfamiliar shapesLanguage knowledgeVocabulary itemsListenersNoisy wordsSpectral contextWordsSpecific representationComputer displayLearningRepresentationItemsConsonantsRecognitionVowelsTaskPrevious studiesTokens
2008
Gradient Sensitivity to Within-Category Variation in Words and Syllables
McMurray B, Aslin RN, Tanenhaus MK, Spivey MJ, Subik D. Gradient Sensitivity to Within-Category Variation in Words and Syllables. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance 2008, 34: 1609-1631. PMID: 19045996, PMCID: PMC3011988, DOI: 10.1037/a0011747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoice onset time continuumLexical identification taskAcoustic-phonetic informationLexical competitorsWord recognitionCategory boundariesIdentification taskNatural speechResponse alternativesExperiment 1Experiment 2Acoustic variabilitySynthetic speechEye movementsSpeech signalTime continuumSpeechVOTTaskTypes of tokensPhonemesListenersSyllablesConsonantsPerception
2006
Acquiring an artificial lexicon: Segment type and order information in early lexical entries
Creel S, Aslin R, Tanenhaus M. Acquiring an artificial lexicon: Segment type and order information in early lexical entries. Journal Of Memory And Language 2006, 54: 1-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2005.09.003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Infants are sensitive to within-category variation in speech perception
McMurray B, Aslin R. Infants are sensitive to within-category variation in speech perception. Cognition 2005, 95: b15-b26. PMID: 15694642, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2004.07.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech perceptionCategory variationHead-turn preference procedureRepetition of wordsPhonetic categoriesInfants' sensitivityPreference procedureCategory detailPrevious researchPerceptionSame categoryAdultsSystematic sensitivityPhonemesListenersTokensConsonantsSpeechRecent evidenceVOTWordsInfantsRecent workRepetitionCategories
2004
Learning at a distance II. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies in a non-human primate
Newport E, Hauser M, Spaepen G, Aslin R. Learning at a distance II. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies in a non-human primate. Cognitive Psychology 2004, 49: 85-117. PMID: 15304368, DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2003.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-adjacent regularitiesStatistical regularitiesTamarin monkeysType of languageNon-adjacent syllablesWord-like unitsCotton-top tamarin monkeysNon-adjacent dependenciesNon-adjacent segmentsPredictable relationNon-human primatesLanguage acquisitionFamiliarization methodsHuman learnersPlayback paradigmLanguageAdjacent syllablesHuman speechStatistical learningLearnersWordsSyllablesDifferent soundsAdult learningConsonants
2003
Two‐C but not two‐V: Segment similarity in learning an artificial lexicon
Creel S, Aslin R, Tanenhaus M. Two‐C but not two‐V: Segment similarity in learning an artificial lexicon. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2003, 114: 2337-2337. DOI: 10.1121/1.4781075.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1982
"Some Effects of Laboratory Training on Identification and Discrimination of Voicing Contrasts in Stop Consonants": Correction to Pisoni et al
Pisoni D, Aslin R, Perey A, Hennessy B. "Some Effects of Laboratory Training on Identification and Discrimination of Voicing Contrasts in Stop Consonants": Correction to Pisoni et al. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance 1982, 8: 421-421. DOI: 10.1037/h0077939.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStop consonantsVoice onset timePerceptual categoriesPerceptual mechanismsPerceptual testsVoicing ContrastTraining procedureMost SsLaboratory trainingNovel contrastConsonantsDiscrimination functionPerceptionVoicelessThird paragraphAslinPisoniOnset timeSimple laboratory techniqueUndergraduatesSsConsistent labelingEnglishTrainingAdultsSome effects of laboratory training on identification and discrimination of voicing contrasts in stop consonants
Pisoni D, Aslin R, Perey A, Hennessy B. Some effects of laboratory training on identification and discrimination of voicing contrasts in stop consonants. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance 1982, 8: 297-314. PMID: 6461723, PMCID: PMC3495319, DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.8.2.297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStop consonantsEarly linguistic experienceVoice onset timePerceptual categoriesPerceptual abilitiesPerceptual mechanismsPerceptual testsLinguistic experienceMonolingual speakersTraining procedureConsonantsTraining techniquesPerceptionLaboratory trainingNovel contrastDiscrimination functionVoicelessEnglishDiscriminationOnset timePresent articleSimple laboratory techniqueSpeakersMost subjectsConsistent labeling
1980
Infants' discrimination of full and partial cues to place of articulation in stop consonants
Aslin R, Walley A. Infants' discrimination of full and partial cues to place of articulation in stop consonants. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1980, 68: s10-s11. DOI: 10.1121/1.2004546.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTwo-formant stimuliPlace of articulationInfants' discriminationOnset spectrumHead-turning paradigmPrelinguistic infantsInfants' abilityPartial cuesCV stimuliFormant transitionsStimulus onsetSecondary cuesStop consonantsCV syllablesMonth old infantsConsonant articulationInvariant informationCuesStimuliOlder infantsConsonantsDiscriminationArticulationSyllablesBlumstein