Perceptual Requirements for Organizing and Analyzing Speech

Explore the fundamental perceptual mechanisms required for organizing and analyzing speech in this comprehensive lecture by Robert E. Remez from the Center for Language & Speech Processing at Johns Hopkins University. Delve into the cognitive and perceptual processes that enable humans to parse continuous speech signals into meaningful linguistic units, examining how the auditory system organizes acoustic information and the neural requirements for speech analysis. Learn about the theoretical frameworks and experimental evidence that illuminate how listeners segment speech streams, recognize phonetic patterns, and extract linguistic meaning from complex acoustic signals. Investigate the perceptual constraints and capabilities that shape speech processing, including temporal integration, spectral analysis, and the role of top-down processing in speech perception. Gain insights into the intersection of psychoacoustics, cognitive psychology, and speech science through detailed examination of perceptual experiments and their implications for understanding human speech processing mechanisms.