This paper focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms of speech perception: the rapid,
and highly automatic processes by which complex time-varying speech signals are …

Phonetic convergence is defined as an increase in the similarity of acoustic-phonetic form
between talkers. Previous research has demonstrated phonetic convergence both when a …

Spontaneous phonetic imitation is the process by which a talker comes to be more similar-
sounding to a model talker as the result of exposure. The current experiment investigates …

The imitation paradigm (Goldinger, 1998) has shown that speakers shift their production
phonetically in the direction of the imitated speech, indicating the use of episodic traces in …

Previous studies have found that talkers converge or diverge in phonetic form during a
single conversational session or as a result of long-term exposure to a particular linguistic …

Recent research has been concerned with whether speech accommodation is an automatic
process or determined by social factors (eg Trudgill 2008). This paper investigates phonetic …

This study consolidates findings on phonetic convergence in a large-scale examination of
the impacts of talker sex, word frequency, and model talkers on multiple measures of …

Language is an example of collective behavior, and it is a type of collective behavior for
which people are highly adapted. Comparable systems in other creatures in no way …

This study explores phonetic convergence during conversations between pairs of talkers
with varying language distance. Specifically, we examined conversations within two native …

Numerous studies have documented the phenomenon of phonetic imitation: the process by
which the production patterns of an individual become more similar on some phonetic or …