Categorization of Sounds
Issue Date
2006-06-01Author
Smits, Roel
Sereno, Joan A.
Jongman, Allard
Publisher
The American Psychological Association
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
Metadata
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The authors conducted 4 experiments to test the decision-bound, prototype, and distribution theories for the categorization of sounds. They used as stimuli sounds varying in either resonance frequency or duration. They created different experimental conditions by varying the variance and overlap of 2 stimulus distributions used in a training phase and varying the size of the stimulus continuum used in the subsequent test phase. When resonance frequency was the stimulus dimension, the pattern of categorization-function slopes was in accordance with the decision-bound theory. When duration was the stimulus dimension, however, the slope pattern gave partial support for the decision-bound and distribution theories. The authors introduce a new categorization model combining aspects of decision-bound and distribution theories that gives a superior account of the slope patterns across the 2 stimulus dimensions.
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This is the author's accepted manuscript. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. The original publication can be found at http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayrecord&uid=2006-08586-015.
ISSN
1939-1277Collections
Citation
Smits, R., Sereno, J., and Jongman, A. 2006. “Categorization of sounds.” Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32, 733-754. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.32.3.733
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