Phonological Illusions
Why do we sometimes hear things that aren't there? When does the way we process language leave cracks for illusions to appear? In this week's episode, we talk about phonological illusions: what varieties there are, the processing strategies that lead to them, and how sometimes, we even try interpreting sounds as language when they aren't linguistic at all.
If you want to see the full video of Peter Ablinger's talking piano, it's over here: • Speaking Piano - Now with (somewhat decent...
And if you want a couple of other McGurk effect videos, you can try these two: • The McGurk effect and • McGurk Effect (with explanation)
This is Topic #38!
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Sources:
Clarke, C. M. & M. F. Garrett (2004). Rapid adaptation to foreign-accented speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116 (6), 3647-58.
Fernandez, E. M. and H. S. Cairns. (2011). Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics. Wiley-Blackwell.
McGurk, H. & J. MacDonald. (1978) Hearing lips and seeing voices. Nature 264: 746-8.
Warren, R. M. (1970). Perceptual restoration of missing speech sounds. Science 176: 392-3.
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