/library/oar/handle/123456789/16864 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:43:29 GMT 2026-08-13T03:43:29Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/148427 Title: Lexically mediated compensation for coarticulation still as elusive as a white christmash Authors: McQueen, James M.; Jesse, Alexandra; Mitterer, Holger Abstract: Luthra, Peraza-Santiago, Beeson, Saltzman, Crinnion, and Magnuson (2021) present data from the lexically mediated compensation for coarticulation paradigm that they claim provides conclusive evidence in favor of top-down processing in speech perception. We argue here that this evidence does not support that conclusion. The findings are open to alternative explanations, and we give data in support of one of them (that there is an acoustic confound in the materials). Lexically mediated compensation for coarticulation thus remains elusive, while prior data from the paradigm instead challenge the idea that there is top-down processing in online speech recognition. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/148427 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/147133 Title: The circuit of cognition : operational closure and the interpenetration of views. Comment on “The affective grounds of the mind. The affective pertinentization (APER) model” by Salvatore et al. Authors: Sammut, Gordon; Mifsud, Rebekah; Brockdorff, Noellie Abstract: In proposing APER, Salvatore and colleagues pose three premises based on the primacy of affect in human experience as a fundamental and elementary form of interpretation (p. 148). We agree that cognition involves cold and hot elements, loosely distinguishable as thoughts and emotions respectively, but we claim that these operate in parallel rather than in series. Consequently, no single process in human cognition can be deemed primary, as these processes operate in tandem to facilitate or inhibit action. Social psychological models that have been proposed on the basis of the distinction between hot and cold cognition (i.e. Elaboration- Likelihood Model and Heuristic-Systematic Model) have required revision to cater for parallel processing when hot and cold routes are activated simultaneously [extract] Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/147133 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/146295 Title: Worldviews and the role of social values that underlie them Authors: Mifsud, Rebekah; Sammut, Gordon Abstract: In today’s ideologically diverse world, it is pertinent to have a better understanding of how our beliefs of the social world shape our thinking and behaviour. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the key social values that underlie particular sets of beliefs, referred to here as worldviews. Worldviews encompass beliefs that shape one’s outlook on life and are, therefore, instrumental in providing meaning to one’s reality and one’s understanding as to how one fits in it. They can be classified into five unique types, namely, Localised, Orthodox, Pragmatist, Reward, and Survivor. In this paper we start by proposing a theoretical relationship between this five-factor typology and social values. Following this, we present findings that show that worldviews may be mapped onto the two higher order value dimensions of Openness to Change versus Conservation, and Self-transcendence versus Self-Enhancement. We conclude by outlining the implications that these findings have on understanding individual cognition and society in general. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/146295 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/141011 Title: Perceptie van een anderstalig accent : Een experimentele studie naar de perceptieve aanpassing aan een exogeen geaccentueerd Nederlands klinkercontrast Authors: Verbeke, Gil; Ellen, Simon; Hartsuiker, Robert J.; Mitterer, Holger; De Cuypere, Ludovic Abstract: This study examines whether Dutch L1 listeners adapt to Italian accented Dutch vowels, and how short-term experience with one L2 speaker’s accent might help these listeners to understand novel words and other L2 speakers with a similar accent. 100 Belgian Dutch L1 listeners were exposed to 40 Dutch target words, in which the front vowel had been replaced by an ambiguous sound in between /ɪ/ and /i/. These stimuli were produced by a female Italian speaker of Dutch. To assess perceptual adaptation and generalization, participants were asked to identify the vowel in five Dutch /ɪ/-/i/ minimal pairs across two speaker conditions: stimuli were either produced by the same female speaker or by a digitally generated male-sounding speaker. For neither speaker did we find perceptual adaptation, hence no generalization to novel situations could be observed. The results highlight the importance of stimulus selection and the need for a detailed background questionnaire for listeners, including information on their familiarity with L2 accents. Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/141011 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z