Can native Japanese listeners learn to differentiate /r–l/ on the basis of F3 onset frequency?

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERIN M. INGVALSON ◽  
LORI L. HOLT ◽  
JAMES L. McCLELLAND
Keyword(s):  
Category Membership ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
Synthetic Speech ◽  
Reliable Indicator ◽  
Training Effect ◽  
Training Task ◽  
Speech Stimuli ◽  
Final Performance ◽  
The Third

Many attempts have been made to teach native Japanese listeners to perceptually differentiate English /r–l/ (e.g.rock–lock). Though improvement is evident, in no case is final performance native English-like. We focused our training on the third formant onset frequency, shown to be the most reliable indicator of /r–l/ category membership. We first presented listeners with instances of synthetic /r–l/ stimuli varying only in F3 onset frequency, in a forced-choice identification training task with feedback. Evidence of learning was limited. The second experiment utilized an adaptive paradigm beginning with non-speech stimuli consisting only of /r/ and /l/ F3 frequency trajectories progressing to synthetic speech instances of /ra–la/; half of the trainees received feedback. Improvement was shown by some listeners, suggesting some enhancement of /r–l/ identification is possible following training with only F3 onset frequency. However, only a subset of these listeners showed signs of generalization of the training effect beyond the trained synthetic context.

scholarly journals Familiarity Changes as a Function of Perceptual Shifts

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 518-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvador Algarabel ◽  
Alfonso Pitarque
Keyword(s):  
Forced Choice ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
New Words ◽  
The Third ◽  
Study Test ◽  
Forced Choice Task ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Right ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Additional Phase

This experiment compares the yes-no and forced recognition tests as methods of measuring familiarity. Participants faced a phase of 3 study-test recognition trials in which they studied words using all the letters of the alphabet (overlapping condition, O), and an additional phase in which targets and lures did not share any letters (non-overlapping condition, NO). Finally, subjects performed a forced-choice task in which they had to choose one of two new words, each from one of the subsets (Parkin et al., 2001). Results in the NO condition were better than in the O condition in the yes-no recognition test, while the forced-choice rate was significantly higher than .50, showing their sensitivity to familiarity. When the letter set of the words for study in the third list of the NO condition was switched, the difference between NO and O conditions disappeared in yes-no test, while the force-choice rate was not higher than .50. We conclude that both the yes-no test and the forced-choice test are valid and equivalent measures of familiarity under the right conditions.

Auditory Perceptual Impairments in Children with Specific Language Disorders

1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Lubert
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Language Disorders ◽  
Synthetic Speech ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Acoustic Features ◽  
Consistent Finding ◽  
Speech Stimuli ◽  
Perceptual Judgments ◽  
Clinical Observations ◽  
Perceptual Impairment

This article reviews the literature on auditory perceptual impairments in children with language disorders. It is suggested that, rather than a higher-order cognitive or "linguistic" deficit, the underlying deficit in childhood language disorders is a perceptual one. The perceptual impairment may consist of a deficiency in detecting acoustic features in the speech wave that normally cue certain phonemes. Support for this hypothesis comes from clinical observations and experimental studies of aphasic adults as well as language-disordered children. The most consistent finding of the studies with language-disordered children has been that they have difficulty making perceptual judgments of the order of rapid sequences of brief sounds, such as synthetic speech and non-speech stimuli. However, these children perceive the sequences more accurately if the duration of the stimuli or the inter-stimulus intervals are extended. This suggests a "rate-specific" auditory perceptual deficit in language-disordered children for rapid acoustic information, such as the distinctive acoustic features of speech sounds. Treatment and future research implications are discussed.

Short-Term Habituation of the Infant Auditory Evoked Response

1973 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael F. Dorman ◽  
Robert Hoffmann
Keyword(s):  
Evoked Response ◽  
Synthetic Speech ◽  
Evoked Responses ◽  
Stimulus Amplitude ◽  
Average Amplitude ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Speech Stimuli ◽  
Auditory Evoked Response ◽  
Stimulus Train

Short-term habituation of the vertex auditory evoked response was studied in six infants (age 10 to 14 weeks). The infants were presented trains of four synthetic speech stimuli. The average amplitude of the evoked responses was largest to the first member of the stimulus train and then decreased rapidly. The average amplitudes to the second, third, and fourth stimuli in the train were 36, 41, and 22% of the first stimulus amplitude, respectively. The results suggest that the auditory evoked response of awake infants satisfies several of the criteria for short-term habituation.

scholarly journals Perbedaan Pengaruh Latihan Knee Tuck Jump Dengan Latihan Double Leg Bound Terhadap Peningkatan Power Otot Tungkai Dan Kemampuan Smash Pada Ekstrakurikuler Bola Voli Putra SMKN 1 Kota Jambi

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Boy Indrayana
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Muscle Power ◽  
T Test ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Training Effect ◽  
Statistical Calculation ◽  
Jump Training ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Better Than

Kemampuan fisik dan teknik dalam permainan bola voli sangat perlu, salah satunya adalah power otot tungkai dan kemampuan smash. Smash adalah teknik yang paling sering digunakan dalam permainan bola voli, untuk melakukan smash yang baik dibutuhkan power otot tungkai yang terlatih.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tentang Perbedaan Pengaruh Latihan Knee Tuck Jump Dengan Latihan Double Leg Bound Terhadap Peningkatan Power Otot Tungkai dan Kemampuan Smash Pada Ekstrakurikuler Bola Voli Putra SMK N 1 Kota Jambi. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah dengan perhitungan statistik yaitu dengan uji hipotesis atau uji-t. Berdasarkan pengujian hipotesa pertama = 3.56, = 2.78 dengan demikian . Hal ini berarti Ho ditolak dan Ha diterima. Dapat disimpul-kan bahwa terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan dari latihan knee tuck jump terhadap pening-katan power otot tungkai pada ekstrakurikuler bola voli putra SMK N 1 Kota Jambi. Berdasarkan pengujian hipotesis kedua = 10.58, = 2.78 dengan demikian . Hal ini berarti Ho ditolak dan Ha diterima. Dengan demikian maka dapat di-simpulkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan dari latihan double leg bound terhadap peningkatan power otot tungkai pada ekstrakurikuler bola voli putra SMK N 1 Kota Jambi. Berdasarkan pengujian hipotesis ketiga = -0.50, = 2.31 dengan demikian . Hal ini berarti Ho diterima dan Ha ditolak. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa latihan knee tuck jump tidak lebih besar pengaruhnya dibandingkan latihan double leg bound  terhadap peningkatan power otot tungkai pada ekstrakurikuler bola voli putra SMK N 1 Kota Jambi. Berdasarkan pengujian hipotesis keempat = -0.19, = 2.78 dengan demikian . Hal ini berarti Ho diterima dan Ha ditolak. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa tidak terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan dari latihan knee tuck jump terhadap peningkatan kemampuan smash pada ekstrakurikuler bola voli putra SMK N 1 Kota Jambi. Berdasarkan pengujian hipotesis kelima = 0.14, = 2.78 dengan demikian . Hal ini berarti Ho diterima dan Ha ditolak. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa tidak terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan dari latihan double leg boun terhadap peningkatan kemampuan smash pada ekstrakurikuler bola voli putra SMK N 1 Kota Jambi. Berdasarkan pengujian hipotesis keenam = 0.38, = 2.31 dengan demiki-an . Hal ini berarti Ho diterima dan Ha ditolak. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa latihan knee tuck jump tidak lebih besar pengaruhnya dibandingkan latihan double leg bound terhadap peningkatan kemampuan smash dalam permainan bola voli pada ekstrakurikuler bola voli putra SMK N 1 Kota Jambi.ABSTRACT The ability both physical and technical in volleyball game is really important to be mastered, and one of the aspects is limbs muscle and spike skill. Spike is one of the technique which is frequently used in a volleyball game, and a well-trained limbs muscle is vitally needed in order to do spike properly. This research aims for knowing the difference of Knee Tuck Jump Training and Double Leg Bound Training Effect towards the escalation of limbs muscle’s power and Spike’s skill in extracurricular volleyball program for male in SMK N 1 Jambi. Data analysis which is used is statistical calculation with hypothetical test or “t-test”. Based on the first test, 3.56  = 2,78, it means that  > . It also means that  is rejected and is accepted. Furthermore, it can be concluded that there is a significant effect attained from knee tuck jump training towards the escalation of limbs muscle power in extracurricular volleyball program for male students in SMK N 1 Jambi. Based on the second test, 10.58  = 2,78, it means that  > . It also means that  is rejected and is accepted. Furthermore, it can be concluded that there is a significant effect attained from double leg bound training towards the escalation of limbs muscle power in extracurricular volleyball program for male students in SMK N 1 Jambi. Based on the third test, -0.50  = 2,31, it means that  < . It also means that  is accepted and  is rejected. It also means that the knee tuck jump training contributes better than double leg bound training towards the escalation of limbs muscle power in extracurricular volleyball program for male students in SMK N 1 Jambi. Based on the fourth test, -0.19  = 2,78, it means that  < . It also means that  is accepted and  is rejected. It can be concluded that there is no significant effect from knee tuck jump training towards the escalation of limbs muscle power in extracurricular volleyball program for male students in SMK N 1 Jambi. Based on the fifth test, 0.14  = 2,78, it means that  < . It also means that  is accepted and  is rejected. It can be concluded that there is no significant effect from double leg bound training towards the escalation of limbs muscle power in extracurricular volleyball program for male students in SMK N 1 Jambi. Based on the sixth test, 0.38  = 2,31, it means that  < . It also means that  is accepted and  is rejected. It can be concluded that knee tuck jump training does not have bigger effect than double leg bound training towards the escalation of limbs muscle power in extracurricular volleyball program for male students in SMK N 1 Jambi.

Strength abilities: pattern recognition method in the management of the cumulative effect of strength loads in 8-year-old boys

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-260
Author(s):  
Olha Ivashchenko ◽  
Oleg Khudolii ◽  
Wladyslaw Jagiello
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Recognition ◽  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Strength Training ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Training Effect ◽  
Pattern Recognition Method ◽  
Recognition Method ◽  
The Third ◽  
Strength Exercises ◽  
The Impact

Background and Study Aim. The purpose of the study was to determine the peculiarities of using pattern recognition method in the management of the cumulative effect of strength loads in 8-year-old boys. Materials and methods. The study participants were 48 boys aged 8. The experiment was conducted using a 22 factorial design. The study materials were processed by the IBM SPSS 22 statistical analysis program. Discriminant analysis was performed. The study examined the impact of four variants of strength load on the formation of the cumulative training effect of three, six, nine, and twelve classes in 8-year-old boys. Results. The discriminant analysis provided information about the impact of four orthogonal variants of strength loads on the formation of the cumulative training effect of strength exercises of three, six, nine, and twelve classes in 8-year-old boys. The obtained data make it possible to choose a load mode at each step of the CTE formation and to manage schoolchildren’s strength training. Conclusions. The verification of the obtained discriminant functions shows their high discriminative ability and value in interpretation with respect to the general population (p < 0.05). It was found that the formation of the CTE of three classes is most influenced by the third load variant, six classes – by the third load variant, nine classes – the third load variant, twelve classes – the first load variant. The discriminant function structure coefficients made it possible to identify the factor structure of the CTE of 3, 6, 9, 12 classes, to find that the CTE3, CTE6 are associated with the work at the first place “Exercises to strengthen arm muscles”, the CTE9, CTE12 – with the work at the third (“Exercises to strengthen back muscles”) and the fourth (“Exercises to strengthen leg muscles”) places. The CTE of three, six, nine, and twelve classes depends on the modes of strength exercises and has different focuses. The CTE3 – speed and strength focus; CTE6, 9 – comprehensive focus; CTE12 – explosive-strength focus. The obtained values of centroids for the CTE of 3, 6, 9, 12 classes enable the management of schoolchildren’s strength training.

Synthetic speech stimuli spectrally normalized for nonhuman cochlear dimensions

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kiefte ◽  
Keith R. Kluender ◽  
William S. Rhode
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Speech ◽  
Speech Stimuli

Brainstorming and Orneriness as Facilitators of Creativity

1965 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 577-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Clay Lindgren ◽  
Fredrica Lindgren
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Phase

When 173 Ss were assigned the task of writing captions for cartoons in a three-stage experiment in which they brainstormed alone, then in small groups, and finally alone, the level of creativity of responses was higher in the third phase, as contrasted with the first phase. The number of responses produced in the third phase was significantly higher for women, but not for men. Level of creativity, but not the number of responses, was positively correlated with scores made on a forced-choice questionnaire consisting of pairs of self-evaluative adjectives scored in terms of choices made by persons preferring asymmetrical to symmetrical art. Such choices were generally consistent with what may be described as asocial or ornery attitudes.

Acquisition of English comparative adjectives

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
JANINE GRAZIANO-KING ◽  
HELEN SMITH CAIRNS
Keyword(s):  
General Rule ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
Production Task ◽  
The Third ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Comparative Adjectives

Two experiments investigated the acquisition of English comparative adjective forms, Adj+er and more Adj. In Experiment 1, 72 children, four- and seven-years-old, indicated their preferences for the synthetic or periphrastic comparative form for 16 adjectives in a forced-choice judgement task; their responses were compared to those of a group of adults (Graziano-King, 2003). In Experiment 2, a group of 29 children, ranging in age from 5;1 to 10;9, and a group of 11 adults performed a forced-choice judgement task, similar to that of Experiment 1, and an elicited production task, responding to the same 32 adjectives for both tasks. The two studies together support an acquisition trajectory of three stages. In the first stage, children show no preference for either form of the comparative; in the second, they adopt a suffixation rule; and in the third, they abandon the general rule and become conservative learners, eventually reaching the adult target.

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