Categorical perception

In terms of speech perception , categorical perception means the classification of stimuli (e.g. acoustic impressions) into categories for cognitive processing. In various experiments it could be shown, for example, that words and their meaning are stored, but not the individual sounds that make them up.

literature

• Tillman Weyde: Learning and knowledge-based analysis of rhythms . Osnabrück, Electronic Publ. 2003, ISBN 3-923486-55-3 .
• Gert Rickheit, Theo Herrmann, Werner Deutsch: Psycholinguistics: an international handbook . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2003, pp. 518-524