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Neisser, Hoenig, and Goldstein (1969) reduced the “stimulus prefix effect” (diminished recall of seven digits preceded by a redundant prefix) when the redundant prefix and the recall digits were produced by different speakers. In the present studies, similar results were obtained using one speaker only, but with the prefix and recall digits spoken separately in different utterances and combined by tape splicing. The results support a hypothesis concerning the perception of intact, wholistically organized articulatory units. A second hypothesis, also based on the idea of intact articulatory units, was tested.
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This article was supported by Research Grant MH 16726 from the National Institute of Mental Health, United States Public Health Service, and by a grant from the Bio-Medical Sciences Support Committee, University of Maryland, to the Center for Language and Cognition. This article is based upon a thesis submitted to the University of Maryland in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science degree by the first author, who was supported by Training Grant MH 12376 from the National Institute of Mental Health, United States Public Health Service.
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Mills, C.B., Martin, J.G. Articulatory organization in the prefix effect. Perception & Psychophysics 16, 309–314 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203948
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