心理语言学：CH3.perception - 副本.ppt

Chapter 3: Speech Perception Overview of Questions Can computers perceive speech as well as humans? Why does an unfamiliar foreign language often sound like a continuous stream of sound, with no breaks between words? Does each word that we hear have a unique pattern of air pressure changes associated with it? Are there specific areas in the brain that are responsible for perceiving speech? Speech perception refers to the processes by which humans are able to interpret and understand the sounds used in language. The study of speech perception is closely linked to the fields of phonetics and pho