Perception of the speech code.

1967/01/01 by A. M. Liberman, Alvin M. Liberman, F. S. Cooper +4 · 3,715 citations
Computer Science · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Auditory perception #Code (set theory) #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Neuroscience #Perception #Phonetics and Phonology Research #Programming language #Psychology #Set (abstract data type) #Speech Recognition and Synthesis #Speech and dialogue systems #Speech perception #Speech recognition

paper · doi:10.1037/h0020279

published in Psychological Review 74(6), 431-461 (American Psychological Association)

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