The Temporal Dynamics of Spoken Word Recognition in Adverse Listening Conditions

Susanne Brouwer; Ann R. Bradlow

doi:10.1007/s10936-015-9396-9

The Temporal Dynamics of Spoken Word Recognition in Adverse Listening Conditions

Susanne Brouwer^*, Ann R. Bradlow

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Abstract

This study examined the temporal dynamics of spoken word recognition in noise and background speech. In two visual-world experiments, English participants listened to target words while looking at four pictures on the screen: a target (e.g. candle), an onset competitor (e.g. candy), a rhyme competitor (e.g. sandal), and an unrelated distractor (e.g. lemon). Target words were presented in quiet, mixed with broadband noise, or mixed with background speech. Results showed that lexical competition changes throughout the observation window as a function of what is presented in the background. These findings suggest that, rather than being strictly sequential, stream segregation and lexical competition interact during spoken word recognition.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1151-1160
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
Volume	45
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-015-9396-9
State	Published - Oct 1 2016

Funding

Writing this article has been supported by Grant R01-DC005794 from NIH-NIDCD and the Hugh Knowles Center at Northwestern University. We thank Chun Liang Chan, Masaya Yoshida, Matt Goldrick, Lindsay Valentino, and Vanessa Dopker.

Keywords

Eye-tracking
Lexical competition
Spoken word recognition
Stream segregation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Language and Linguistics
General Psychology
Linguistics and Language

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