Chapter 7: Speech Perception

7.1 Coping with the Variability of Sounds

• The problem of perceptual invariance
• Sounds as categories
• Do categories warp perception?
• Box 7.1: The articulatory properties of English consonants
• Box 7.2: Variability in the pronunciation of signed languages
• Box 7.3: Categorical perception in chinchillas
• Method 7.1: What can we learn from conflicting results?
• 7.1 Questions to Contemplate

7.2 Integrating Multiple Cues

• A multitude of acoustic cues
• Box 7.4: Does music training enhance speech perception?
• Context effects in speech perception
• Integrating cues from other perceptual domains
• 7.2 Questions to Contemplate

7.3 Adapting to a Variety of Talkers

• Language at Large 7.1: To dub or not to dub?
• Box 7.5: Accents and attitudes
• Evidence for adaptation
• Researchers at Work 7.1: Adjusting to specific talkers
• Relationships between talker variables and acoustic cues
• The role of a listener’s perceptual history
• Are there limits to adaptation?
• 7.3 Questions to Contemplate

7.4 The Motor Theory of Speech Perception

• The link between perception and articulation
• Does articulation knowledge shape perceptual representations?
• Neuropsychological evidence for the motor theory
• Language at Large 7.2: How does ventriloquism work
• 7.4 Questions to Contemplate
• Box 7.6: What happens to speech perception as you age?
• Digging Deeper: The connection between speech perception and dyslexia

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