The effects of onset and offset masking on the time course of non-native spoken-word recognition in noise

Florian  Hintz; Cesko C.  Voeten; James M.  McQueen; Odette Scharenborg

The effects of onset and offset masking on the time course of non-native spoken-word recognition in noise

Florian Hintz, Cesko C. Voeten, James M. McQueen , Odette Scharenborg

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Abstract

Using the visual-word paradigm, the present study investigated the effects of word onset and offset masking on the time course of non-native spoken-word recognition in the presence of background noise. In two experiments, Dutch non-native listeners heard English target words, preceded by carrier sentences that were noise-free (Experiment 1) or contained intermittent noise (Experiment 2). Target words were either onset- or offset-masked or not masked at all. Analyses showed that onset masking delayed target word recognition more than offset masking did. These results suggest that – in line with contemporary models of spoken-word recognition – non-native listeners strongly rely on word onset information when hearing words in noise.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Cognitive Science (CogSci) conference
Publisher	Cognitive Science Society
Pages	133-139
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Comparative Cognition Animal Minds - Virtual at Vienna, Austria Duration: 26 Jul 2021 → 29 Jul 2021 Conference number: 43rd

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Conference	The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Virtual at Vienna
Period	26/07/21 → 29/07/21

Keywords

spoken-word recognition
non-native listeners
background noise
visual world paradigm

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The effects of onset and offset masking on the time course of non-native spoken-word recognition in noise. / Hintz, Florian ; Voeten, Cesko C. ; McQueen , James M. et al.
Proceedings of the Cognitive Science (CogSci) conference. Cognitive Science Society, 2021. p. 133-139.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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The effects of onset and offset masking on the time course of non-native spoken-word recognition in noise

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