PSYA02H3 Chapter : PSYA02 Ch 10
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Language, flexible systems that use symbols to express many meanings. Psycholinguistics, a branch of psych devoted to the study of verbal bhvr. The auditory system recognizes the patterns underlying speech rather than just the sounds themselves. - phonemes, the smallest units of sound that allow us to distinguish the meaning of a spoken word. Discrimination among phonemes vary f/ auditory preferences to types of auditory training programs affecting reading & phonemic awareness. Voice-onset time, the delay btw the initial sound of a consonant (such as the puffing sound of the phoneme /p/) & the onset of vibration of the vocal cords. Phonemic discrimination begin w/ auditory processing of the sensory differences in both hemispheres, but the left auditory cortex specializes in recognizing special aspects of speech. We recognize speech sounds in pieces larger than individual phonemes. Phonemes are combined to form morphemes, the smallest unit of meaning in language.
