Measuring Top-Down Influence onto Sub-Lexical Speech Perception

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dc.contributor.advisorFischer-Baum, Simon J
dc.creatorNoe, Colin
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T15:36:37Z
dc.date.available2019-05-17T15:36:37Z
dc.date.created2018-08
dc.date.issued2018-06-21
dc.date.submittedAugust 2018
dc.date.updated2019-05-17T15:36:37Z
dc.description.abstractSpeech perception theories differ on whether the process of sub-lexical speech perception is autonomous or is influenced by contextual knowledge such as semantic or lexical context. A better understanding of sub-lexical speech perception would be useful for building cognitive models of speech perception and clinically, in understanding speech perception deficits after neurological injury. We employ the N1 EEG-ERP waveform to measure the sub-lexical processes involved in stop-consonant voicing categorization and test whether voicing encoding is altered by lexical status (e.g. /d/-/t/ in dape-tape versus date-tate). This project improves on previous work investigating sub-lexical perception (e.g. Ganong, 1980) by including an online measure of sub-lexical encoding. We demonstrate effects of lexical context on N1 encoding, indicating interaction of lexical and sub-lexical information. This finding supports online feedback accounts of speech perception. Practically, it also confirms the N1-EEG is a useful candidate for measuring deficits in speech perception in neurologically damaged populations.
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dc.identifier.citationNoe, Colin. "Measuring Top-Down Influence onto Sub-Lexical Speech Perception." (2018) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105791">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105791</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105791
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectSpeech Perception
dc.subjectN1
dc.subjectEEG
dc.subjectTop-Down Influence
dc.titleMeasuring Top-Down Influence onto Sub-Lexical Speech Perception
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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