No experience with human speech is necessary for budgerigars to perceive the difference between 'd' and 't', according to a new study. No experience with human speech is necessary for budgerigars ...

mismatched with auditory speech (sounds) can result in the perception of an entirely different message. This mysterious illusion is known as the McGurk effect. Neuroscience researchers have ...

suggesting that the speech production system shapes speech perception from early in life,” the study authors wrote. Plenty of previous research has looked at the way that baby brains process ...

but recent studies suggest that we use a variety of senses for speech perception - that the brain treats speech as something we hear, see and even feel. In a new report in Current Directions in ...

"Speech perception and production depends heavily on an internal map of speech sounds," Kothare said. "You learn this map while learning to speak as a toddler and also while hearing others speak ...

The motor theory of speech perception assumes that activation of the motor system is essential in the perception of speech. However, deficits in speech perception and comprehension do not arise ...

Tactile and auditory information, as well as other sensory inputs, interact in the brain to foster speech perception, propose linguists Bryan Gick and Donald Derrick, both of the University of ...

Speech in noise tests are an important clinical and research tool for understanding speech perception in realistic, adverse listening conditions. Though relatively simple to implement, their ...