29.11.2001, Speech perception

Speech perception is part of the complex field of reception of spoken language, which covers areas such as the following:

• the ear: anatomy and physiology
• the brain: processing of sound
• phases in reception of sound:
  • perception
  • analysis, parsing
  • integration, understanding

Task:

Search the web for materials on

• the terms given above
• categorial perception (with examples and if possible descriptions of experiments with typical graphical representations of the results)

Example: a vowel perception test.