Categorical Perception Experiment

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Experiment Instructions

In this experiment, you will hear 40 sounds. Listen carefully to each sound; We recommend using headphones. For each sound, you should decide whether you hear "da" or "ga". Please respond by clicking on the appropriate button in the middle of the screen. If you are not sure whether you heard "da" or "ga", just go with whatever seems best to you.

Remember: at the end of the experiment you will have the opportunity to download your results to your computer. You will need your results to answer the homework questions, so make sure that you save the image file before closing your browser.

Your Results

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More information about categorical perception experiments is available from the lecture notes.

Sample Results for this study.