title: Phonetic recalibration does not depend on working memory.
abstract: Listeners use lipread information to adjust the phonetic boundary between two speech categories (phonetic recalibration, Bertelson et al. 2003). Here, we examined phonetic recalibration while listeners were engaged in a visuospatial or verbal memory working memory task under different memory load conditions. Phonetic recalibration was--like selective speech adaptation--not affected by a concurrent verbal or visuospatial memory task. This result indicates that phonetic recalibration is a low-level process not critically depending on processes used in verbal- or visuospatial working memory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Tilburg University, Warandelaan 2, P. O. Box 90153, 5000 LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Martijn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baart
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vroomen
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008085:Lipreading; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010700:Phonetics; D013028:Space Perception; D013067:Speech Perception; D014796:Visual Perception; D055815:Young Adult