| Popis: |
Artificial words (/pətə/, /pəbə/, /dətə/, and /dəbə/) were presented with the sound level of the first, second, both, or neither syllable attenuated by 30 dB. Reaction times to identify the words increased if either the first or second syllable along was attenuated. However, if the second syllable was attenuated, also attenuating the first caused no additional increase in identification time. These results appear to exclude a model of serial processing in which the identification of the first syllable is completed before the identification of the second is initiated. They are consistent with a process in which syllables are discriminated independently and in parallel with the time for the word determined by whichever syllable's identification is completed last. |
