Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - 2000 - Volume 23, Issue 03  


Short Communication

Merging auditory and visual phonetic information: A critical test for feedback?

Lawrence Brancazio a1 and Carol A. Fowler a2
a1 Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 brancazio@neu.edu
a2 Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT 06511; Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269; Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 fowler@haskins.yale.edu

Abstract

The present description of the Merge model addresses only auditory, not audiovisual, speech perception. However, recent findings in the audiovisual domain are relevant to the model. We outline a test that we are conducting of the adequacy of Merge, modified to accept visual information about articulation.