JAPANESE-QUAIL CAN LEARN PHONETIC CATEGORIES
JAPANESE-QUAIL CAN LEARN PHONETIC CATEGORIES
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日鹌鹑能学习音标分类
DOI：
10.1126/science.3629235
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发表时间：
1987-09-04
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
KILLEEN, PR
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作者：
KLUENDER, KR;DIEHL, RL;KILLEEN, PR
日本鹌鹑（Coturnix coturnix）学会了一个音节首[d]后面跟着十几个不同元音的类别。在学会对由[d]、[B]或[g]后跟四个不同元音组成的音节进行分类后，鹌鹑正确地对其中相同辅音位于八个新元音之前的音节进行分类。分类音节的声学分析显示，没有单一的功能或模式的功能，可以支持泛化，这表明鹌鹑采用了更复杂的映射到类别的刺激。这些结果挑战了语音分类的理论，即人类独特的能力。
Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix) learned a category for syllable-initial [d] followed by a dozen different vowels. After learning to categorize syllables consisting of [d], [b], or [g] followed by four different vowels, quail correctly categorized syllables in which the same consonants preceded eight novel vowels. Acoustic analysis of the categorized syllables revealed no single feature or pattern of features that could support generalization, suggesting that the quail adopted a more complex mapping of stimuli into categories. These results challenge theories of speech sound classification that posit uniquely human capacities.