rate normalization

Neural entrainment determines the words we hear

Low-frequency neural entrainment to rhythmic input has been hypothesized as a canonical mechanismthat shapes sensory perception in …

Kösem, A., Bosker, H. R., Takashima, A., Meyer, A. S., Jensen, O., & Hagoort, P.

Accounting for rate-dependent category boundary shifts in speech perception

The perception of temporal contrasts in speech is known to be influenced by the speech rate in the surrounding context. This …

Bosker, H. R.

An entrained rhythm’s frequency, not phase, influences temporal sampling of speech

Brain oscillations have been shown to track the slow amplitude fluctuations in speech during comprehension. Moreover, there is evidence …

Bosker, H. R., & Kösem, A.

Cognitive load makes speech sound fast, but does not modulate acoustic context effects

In natural situations, speech perception often takes place during the concurrent execution of other cognitive tasks, such as listening …

Bosker, H. R., Reinisch, E., & Sjerps, M. J.

Foreign languages sound fast: evidence from implicit rate normalization

Anecdotal evidence suggests that unfamiliar languages sound faster than one’s native language. Empirical evidence for this impression …

Bosker, H. R., & Reinisch, E.

Whether long-term tracking of speech rate affects perception depends on who is talking

Speech rate is known to modulate perception of temporally ambiguous speech sounds. For instance, a vowel may be perceived as short when …

Maslowski, M., Meyer, A. S., & Bosker, H. R.

Listening under cognitive load makes speech sound fast

Listeners interpret local temporal cues (e.g., vowel durations) relative to the surrounding speech rate. For instance, an ambiguous …

Bosker, H. R., Reinisch, E., & Sjerps, M. J.

Our own speech rate influences speech perception

During conversation, spoken utterances occur in rich acoustic contexts, including speech produced by our interlocutor(s) and speech we …

Bosker, H. R.