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perceptual magnet effect: a standalone construct

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prototypical speech sounds pull similar sounds toward them in perception, making nearby variants harder to tell apart.

In phonetics, perceptual magnet effect refers to prototypical speech sounds pull similar sounds toward them in perception, making nearby variants harder to tell apart. This meaning comes from Kuhl (1991) in Perception & Psychophysics.[1]

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References

  1. Kuhl, P. K. (1991). Human adults and human infants show a “perceptual magnet effect” for the prototypes of speech categories, monkeys do not. Perception & Psychophysics, 50(2), 93-107. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03212211

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