Episodic Encoding of Voice Attributes and Recognition Memory for Spoken Words

Thomas J. Palmeri, Stephen Goldinger, David B. Pisoni

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Abstract

Recognition memory for spoken words was investigated with a continuous recognition memory task. Independent variables were number of intervening words (lag) between initial and subsequent presentations of a word, total number of talkers in the stimulus set, and whether words were repeated in the same voice or a different voice. In Experiment 1, recognition judgments were based on word identity alone. Same-voice repetitions were recognized more quickly and accurately than different-voice repetitions at all values of lag and at all levels of talker variability. In Experiment 2, recognition judgments were based on both word identity and voice identity. Subjects recognized repeated voices quite accurately. Gender of the talker affected voice recognition but not item recognition. These results suggest that detailed information about a talker's voice is retained in long-term episodic memory representations of spoken words.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)309-328
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
Volume19
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics and Language

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