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Arthur Samuel

Arthur Samuel

Ikerbasque Research Professor

spoken word recognition, speech perception, perception of complex sounds, attention in vision and audition, perceptual learning in speech, bilingual language processing

E-Mail: a.samuel@bcbl.eu
Tel.: +34 943 309 300

Publications

  • Gregg, M.K and Samuel, A.G. (In press) Feature Assignment in Perception of Auditory Figure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
  • Zhang, X., Samuel, A.G., & Liu, S. (In press) The perception and the representation of segmental and prosodic Mandarin contrasts in native speakers of Cantonese. Journal of Memory and Language.
  • Hu, F.K., Samuel, A.G., & Chan, A.S. (2011) Eliminating inhibition of return by changing salient nonspatial attributes in a complex environment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Vol. 140, No. 1, 35–50
  • Harris, A.C., & Samuel, A.G. (2011) Perception of Exuberant Exponence in Batsbi: Functional or Incidental? Language, 87, 447-469.
  • Hu, F.K. & Samuel, A.G. (2011) Facilitation versus inhibition in non-spatial attribute discrimination tasks. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, Volume 73, Number 3, 784-796.
  • Galati, A., & Samuel, A.G.(2011) The role of speech-gesture congruency and delay in remembering action events.Language and Cognitive Processes, 26, 406-436.
  • Samuel, A.G. (2011) Speech perception. Annual Review of Psychology, vol 62:49–72.
  • Samuel, A.G. (2011) The lexicon and phonetic categories: Change is bad, change is necessary. In (G. Gaskell and P. Zwitserlood, Eds.), Lexical Representation. A Multidisciplinary Approach. Walter de Gruyter.
  • Kraljic, T., & Samuel, A.G. (2011) Perceptual learning evidence for contextually-specific representations. Cognition 121 459–465.
  • Gregg, M.K., & Samuel, A.G. (2009) Semantics versus acoustics: Which is more important in auditory representations? Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 607-619.
  • Samuel, A.G., & Kraljic, T. (2009) Perceptual learning in speech perception. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 1207-1218.
  • Sumner, M., & Samuel, A.G. (2009) The effect of experience on the perception and encoding of dialect variants. Journal of Memory and Language, 60, 487-501.
  • Kraljic, T., Brennan, S.E., & Samuel, A.G. (2008) Accommodating variation: Dialects, idiolects, and speech processing. Cognition, 107, 54-81.
  • Kraljic, T., Samuel, A.G., & Brennan, S.E. (2008) First impressions and last resorts: How listeners adjust to speaker variability. Psychological Science, 19, 332-338.
  • Gregg, M.K., & Samuel, A.G. (2008) Change deafness and the organizational properties of sounds. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34, 974-991.
  • Kraljic, T., & Samuel, A.G. (2007) Perceptual adjustments to multiple speakers. Journal of Memory and Language , 56, 1-15.
  • Sumner, M., & Samuel, A.G. (2007) Lexical inhibition and sublexical facilitation are surprisingly long lasting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition , 33, 769-790.
  • Liu, S., & Samuel, A.G. (2007) The role of Mandarin lexical tones in lexical access under different contextual conditions. Language and Cognitive Processes , 22, 566-594.
  • Leach, L., & Samuel, A.G. (2007) Lexical configuration and lexical engagement: When adults learn new words. Cognitive Psychology, 55, 306-353.
  • Kraljic, T., & Samuel, A.G. (2006) How general is perceptual learning for speech? Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 13, 262-268.
  • Pitt, M.A., & Samuel, A.G. (2006) Word length and lexical activation: Longer is better. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32, 1120-1135.
  • Sumner, M., & Samuel, A.G. (2005) Perception and representation of phonologically-regular variation: The case of final /t/. Journal of Memory and Language , 52, 322-338.
  • Kraljic, T., & Samuel, A.G. (2005) Perceptual learning for speech: Is there a return to normal? Cognitive Psychology, 51, 141-178.
  • Silverberg, S., & Samuel, A.G. (2004) The effect of age of second language acquisition on the representation and processing of second language words. Journal of Memory and Language , 51, 381-398.
  • Liu, S., & Samuel, A.G. (2004) Perception of Mandarin lexical tones when f0 information is neutralized. Language and Speech , 47, 109-138.
  • Samuel, A.G., & Kat, D. (2003) Inhibition of return: A graphical meta-analysis of its timecourse, and an empirical test of its temporal and spatial properties. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 10, 897- 906.
  • Samuel, A.G., & Pitt, M.A. (2003) Lexical activation (and other factors) can mediate compensation for coarticulation. Journal of Memory and Language , 48, 416-434.
  • Rapp, D.N, & Samuel, A. G. (2002) A reason for rhyme: Phonological and semantic influences on lexical access. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27, 1433–1451.
  • Samuel, A.G. (2001) Editorial Comment. Journal of Memory and Language , 44, 1.
  • Samuel, A. G. (2001) Knowing a word affects the fundamental perception of the sounds within it. Psychological Science, 12, 348-351.
  • Samuel, A. G. (2001) Some empirical tests of Merge’s architecture. Language and Cognitive Processes, 16, 709-714.
  • Samuel, A. G., & Weiner, S.K. (2001) Attentional consequences of object appearance and disappearance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27, 1433–1451.
  • Mattys, S. L., & Samuel, A.G. (2000) Implications of stress pattern differences in spoken word recognition. Journal of Memory and Language , 42, 571-596.
  • Samuel, A. G. (2000) Merge: Contorted architecture, distorted facts, and purported autonomy. Behavioral and Brain Science, 23, 345-346.
  • Samuel, A.G., & Kat, D. (1998) Adaptation is automatic. Perception & Psychophysics, 60, 503-510.
  • Samuel, A.G., & Troicki, M. (1998) Articulation quality is inversely related to redundancy when children or adults have verbal control. Journal of Memory and Language, 39, 175-194.
  • Wurm, L. H., & Samuel, A. G. (1997) Lexical inhibition and attentional allocation during speech perception: Evidence from phoneme monitoring. Journal of Memory and Language, 35, 165-187.
  • Mattys, S. L., & Samuel, A.G. (1997) How lexical stress affects speech segmentation and interactivity: Evidence from the migration paradigm. Journal of Memory and Language, 36, 87-116.
  • Samuel, A.G. (1997) Lexical activation produces potent phonemic percepts. Cognitive Psychology, 32, 97-127.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1996) Does lexical information influence the perceptual restoration of phonemes? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 125, 28-51. [Reprinted in: T. Harley (Ed.), Psychology of Language, Sage, 2010.]
  • Samuel, A. G., & Kat, D. (1996) Early levels of analysis of speech. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 22, 676-694.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1996) Phoneme Restoration. Language and Cognitive Processes, 11, 647-653.
  • Pitt, M. A., & Samuel, A. G. (1995) Lexical and sublexical feedback in auditory word recognition. Cognitive Psychology, 29, 149-188.
  • Pitt, M. A., &Samuel, A. G. (1993) An empirical and meta-analytic evaluation of the phoneme identification task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 19, 1-27.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1991) Perceptual degradation due to signal alternation: Implications for auditory pattern processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 17, 392-403.
  • Samuel, A.G. (1991) A further examination of the role of attention in the phonemic restoration illusion. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 43A, 679-699.
  • Samuel, A. G. (Ed.). (1991) Modularity of speech and language. In Modularity and the Motor Theory of Speech Perception, I. G. Mattingly and M. Studdert-Kennedy (Eds.). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Pitt, M. A., & Samuel, A. G. (1990) The use of rhythm in attending to speech. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 16, 564-573.
  • DeWitt, L. A., & Samuel, A. G. (1990) The role of knowledge-based expectations in music perception: Evidence from musical restoration. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 119, 123-144.
  • Pitt, M. A., & Samuel, A. G. (1990) Attentional allocation during speech perception: How fine is the focus? Journal of Memory and Language, 29, 611-632.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1990) Using perceptual restoration effects to explore the architecture of perception. In Cognitive Models of Speech Processing: Psycholinguistic and Computational Perspectives, G. Altmann (Ed.). Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press/Bradford Books.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1989) Insights from a failure of selective adaptation: Syllable-initial and syllable-final consonants are different. Perception & Psychophysics, 45, 485-493.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1988) Central and peripheral representation of whispered and voiced speech. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 14, 379-388.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1987) Lexical uniqueness effects on phonemic restoration. Journal of Memory and Language, 26, 36-56.
  • Samuel, A. G., & Ressler, W. H. (1986) Attention within auditory word perception: Insights from the phonemic restoration illusion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 12, 70-79.
  • Greene, R. L., & Samuel, A. G. (1986) Recency and suffix effects in serial recall of musical stimuli. . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 12, 517-524.
  • Samuel, A. G., & Tartter, V. C. (1986) Acoustic Phonetic Issues in Speech Perception. In Annual Review of Anthropology, Volume 15, pp. 247-273.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1986) Red herring detectors and speech perception: In defense of selective adaptation. Cognitive Psychology, 18, 452-499.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1986) The role of the lexicon in speech perception. In E. C. Schwab and H. C. Nusbaum (Eds.), Perception of Speech and Visual Form: Theoretical Issues, Models, and Research, New York: Academic Press.
  • Whalen, D. H., & Samuel, A. G. (1985) Phonetic information is integrated across intervening nonlinguistic sounds. Perception & Psychophysics, 37, 579-587.
  • Kat, D., & Samuel, A. G. (1984) More adaptation of speech by nonspeech. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 10, 512-525.
  • Samuel, A. G., Kat, D., & Tartter, V. C. (1984) Which syllable does an intervocalic stop belong to? A selective adaptation study. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 76, 1652-1663.
  • Samuel, A. G., van Santen, J. P. H., & Johnston, J. D. (1983) Reply to Matthei: We really is worse than you or them, and so are ma and pa. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 9, 321-322.
  • Tartter, V. C., Kat, D., Samuel, A. G., & Repp, B. H. (1983) Perception of intervocalic stop consonants: The contributions of closure duration and formant transitions. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 74, 715-725.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1982) Phonetic prototypes. Perception and Psychophysics, 31, 307-314.
  • Samuel, A. G., van Santen, J. P. H., & Johnston, J. C. (1982) The word-letter effect: We is better than I, but worse than you or them. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 8, 91-105.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1981) The role of bottom-up confirmation in the phonemic restoration illusion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 7, 1124-1131.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1981) Phonemic restoration: Insights from a new methodology. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 110, 474-494. [Reprinted in: G.T.M. Altmann (Ed.), Psycholinguistics: Critical Concepts in Psychology, Routledge, 2002.]
  • Samuel, A. G. & Newport, E. L. (1979) Adaptation of speech by non-speech: Evidence for complex acoustic cue detectors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 5, 563-578.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1978) Organizational vs retrieval factors in the development of digit span. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 26, 308-319.
  • Samuel, A. G. (1977) The effect of discrimination training on speech perception: Noncategorical perception. Perception & Psychophysics, 22, 321-330.