Publication Date:
1989-01-27
Description:
The processes that underlie perception of consonants and vowels are specifically phonetic, distinct from those that localize sources and assign auditory qualities to the sound from each source. This specialization, or module, increases the rate of information flow, establishes the parity between sender and receiver that every communication system must have, and provides for the natural development of phonetic structures in the species and in the individual. The phonetic module has certain properties in common with modules that are "closed" (for example, sound localization or echo ranging in bats) and, like other members of this class, is so placed in the architecture of the auditory system as to preempt information that is relevant to its special function. Accordingly, this information is not available to such "open" modules as those for pitch, loudness, and timbre.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liberman, A M -- Mattingly, I G -- H-01994/PHS HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jan 27;243(4890):489-94.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT 06511.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2643163" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Auditory Perception/physiology
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Communication
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Humans
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*Phonetics
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Speech
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Speech Perception/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
