Forward and backward masking in motor systems |
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Authors: | MacKay Donald G. |
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Affiliation: | 1.Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA ; |
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Abstract: | Masking in motor systems was defined as the omission of one act in a sequence due to an earlier or later act in the sequence. A study of phoneme omission in natural speech showed that: - 1.
Masked phonemes were usually preceded or followed by an identical phoneme (referred to as the masking phoneme). - 2.
Backward masking, where the masked phoneme preceded the masking phoneme was as frequent as forward masking. - 3.
The phonemes immediately adjacent to the masked and masking phonemes were usually similar in distinctive features, but rarely identical. - 4.
The masking phoneme usually occurred in a stressed syllable and the masked phoneme in an unstressed one, suggesting that motor intensity may be a factor in masking. - 5.
The components for an adequate model of motor masking were shown to be similar to those in models of other types of errors in speech. |
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