APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Perceptual Categorization of Speech and Song In a Global Stimulus Set
- Adwoa Ampiah-Bonney
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York - Patrick Savage
Keio University - Patrick Savage
University of Auckland - Yuto Ozaki
Keio University - Peter Pfordresher
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Abstract
Listeners rated speech and song stimuli from 16 languages across the world and showed consistent categorization between domains. These findings suggest that acoustic differences between speech and song provide universally accessible cues to distinguish these forms of communication.
