Graduation Date

Spring 2019

Document Type

Thesis

Program

Master of Arts degree with a major in Psychology, option Academic Research

Committee Chair Name

Dr. Mari Sanchez

Committee Chair Affiliation

HSU Faculty or Staff

Second Committee Member Name

Dr. Amber Gaffney

Second Committee Member Affiliation

HSU Faculty or Staff

Third Committee Member Name

Dr. Chris Aberson

Third Committee Member Affiliation

HSU Faculty or Staff

Keywords

Ponetic convergence, Auditory imagery, Speech, Cognition

Subject Categories

Psychology

Abstract

This study aimed to address whether phonetic convergence (speech imitation) and auditory imagery in reading are fundamentally governed by the same process — episodic encoding (c.f., Goldinger, 1998). A set of participants (talkers; N = 12) were recorded speaking sentences at a baseline level. Talkers were then exposed model speaker with either a fast or slow speech rate and then engaged in a reading phase where they read sentences thought to be written by that speaker. If episodic encoding predicts effects of phonetic convergence and auditory imagery in reading style, then talkers should be influenced by a speaker on three dimensions: pronunciation of words, duration of words, and duration of sentences. A different set of participants (raters; N = 68) engaged in an AXB perceptual similarity ratings task. Raters were presented with three sets of recordings of individual target words in a row — A (baseline), X (model), and B (reading) — and made perceptual similarity ratings, indicating whether A or B is more similar in pronunciation to X . If episodic encoding predicts effects of phonetic convergence then talkers should be rated as being perceptually similar to the speaker. The results of the study suggest that episodic may not play a role in either phonetic convergence or auditory imagery and speech.

Citation Style

APA

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