3-17 Andrew J. Lotto Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, University of Florida PO Box 100174, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 Office 352-294-5716 HPNP 2144 alotto@phhp.ufl.edu http://acns.phhp.ufl.edu DEGREES University of Wisconsin Madison B.S. Mathematics & Psychology, May 1990 University of Wisconsin Madison Ph. D., May 1996 Department of Psychology Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics Minor Dissertation Title: General auditory constraints in speech perception EMPLOYMENT Professor Director Associate Professor University of Florida (SLHS) Hearing Research Center University of Arizona (Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences & Psychology & Linguistics) 2016-Present 2016-Present 2009-2016 Adjunct Faculty Salus University 2013-1014 Assistant Professor University of Arizona (Linguistics) 2008-2009 Faculty Member University of Arizona Cognitive Science Prog. 2006-2016 Assistant Professor University of Arizona (Speech, Language and 2006-2009 Hearing Sciences & Psychology) Research Fellow University of Texas (Center for Perceptual Syst) 2005-2006 Coordinator of Speech Research Boys Town National Research Hospital 2003-2005 Adjunct Associate Professor University of Nebraska (Communication Dis.) 2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor University of Texas (Psychology) 2003 Assistant Professor Washington State University (Psychology) 2001-2003 Visiting Assistant Professor Washington State U (Psych; Speech & Hear) 2000-2001 Adjunct Faculty Parmly Hearing Research Institute 1997-2001 Assistant Professor Loyola University Chicago (Psychology) 1997-2001 Post-Doctoral Researcher University of Wisconsin (Neurophysiology) 1996-1997 Research Assistant University of Wisconsin (Psychology) 1990-1996 AWARDS & HONORS SLHS Innovation in Teaching Award Editor s Award for Speech SLHS Department (U of A) Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing 2012 2009 Post-Tenure Research Productivity Award Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences (U of A) 2009, 2010, 2011 Outstanding Mentor of Graduate/Professional Graduate and Professional Student Council (U of A) 2009 Students (Honorable Mention) Pre-Tenure Research Productivity Award Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences (U of A) 2007, 2008 Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award (Northwest) Sigma Xi 2005 Parmly Research Faculty of the Year Parmly Hearing Research Institute 1998 PHS National Research Service Award National Institutes of Health 1996 Sigma Xi Dissertation Research Award Sigma Xi (Wisconsin Chapter) 1995 RESEARCH AWARDS ONGOING: Principal Investigator, with co-pi Dr. Lori L. Holt, Formation and tuning of complex auditory categories (Renewal), National Institutes of Health (R01), $1,918,786, 5/01/11-6/30/17.
UNDER REVIEW: Principal Investigator, Collaborative Research: Incidental learning of speech categories across continuous, probabilistic input, National Science Foundation, $221,928, 9/1/17-8/30/21. Principal Investigator, with co-pi Dr. Lori L. Holt, Incidental Learning of Auditory Categories, National Institutes of Health (R01), $3,036,324, 7/01/17-6/30/22 Principal Investigator, with co-pi Karen Hegland, Discriminating Atypical Parkinson s Disease Using Speech Rhythm Metrics, University of Florida Opportunity Seed Grant, $34,598, 7/01/17-6/30/18. Consultant, Miriam Lense (P.I.), Social Rhythmic Entrainment and Language Development in Autism Spectrum Disorder, National Institutes of Health (R21) PREVIOUS: Co-Investigator (PI: Donald Kinser-Traut), Musical cognition, emotion and imagery, University of Arizona Confluencecenter for Creative Inquiry Faculty Collaboration Grant, $20,000, 8/14-5/15. Principal Investigator, with co-pi Dr. Julie M. Liss, Perception of dysarthric speech, National Institutes of Health (R01), $810,788, 7/01/10 6/30/14. Co-Investigator, Auditory and cognitive factors in speech perception and category learning (Randy Diehl, PI), National Institutes of Health, $77,666, 9/01/09-6/30/13 (Subcontract). Principal Investigator, Collaborative Research: Learning complex auditory categories, National Science Foundation, $149,982, 04/01/08-09/31/12. Principal Investigator, with co-pi Dr. Lori L. Holt, Formation and tuning of complex auditory categories, National Institutes of Health (R01), $1,597,659, 12/01/05-4/30/11. Sponsor, General auditory model of adaptive perception of speech (Antonia Vitela, PI), NIH-NIDCD (F31), $108,208, 1/01/2011-12/31/12. Co-Sponsor, High-frequency energy in speech and voice (Brian Monson, PI; Brad Story Co-Sponsor), NIH-NIDCD (F31), 12/01/2009-11/30/11. Collaborator with Dr. John Caviness (PI), High density electroencephalographic (EEG) event-related bandpower as a biomarker for disordered speech perception. CR5, Mayo Clinic Arizona Research Committee, April 2007-2009. Co-Investigator with Dr. Pat Stelmachowicz (PI), Optimizing amplification for infants and young children, National Institutes of Health NIDCD, 12/01/04-11/30/09. Principal Investigator, with co-pis, Drs. Lori L. Holt & Randy L. Diehl, Learning complex auditory categories, National Science Foundation, renewal, $200,000, BCS-0345773, 05/01/04-04/30/07. Principal Investigator, Improving speech intervention for deaf children, National Institutes of Health NIDCD (R01). $363,956 over 2 years, 09/01/03-08/30/05. Principal Investigator, with co-pi Dr. Lori L. Holt, Learning Complex Auditory Categories, National Institutes of Health NIDCD (R01), $638,406 over 4 years, 09/01/01-8/31/04 (extended through 8/31/05). Principal Investigator with co-pi Dr. Lori L. Holt, Learning Complex Auditory Categories, National Science Foundation, $295,656 over 2 years, 09/01/01-8/31/04. Principal Investigator, Auditory enhancement in female speech, Shannon Award from National Institutes of Health-NIDCD, $100,000 over 2 years, 05/01/01-4/30/03. Principal Investigator, Paradigm for examining auditory category formation, Parmly Hearing Research Institute Summer Salary, 2000. Principal Investigator with co-pis Drs. Debra Guinn & Deborah Holmes, Behavioral outcomes of corticosteroid therapy to women at risk, Loyola University Chicago Research Support Grant. 1999. 2
Principal Investigator, Contrastive use of breathiness by adult females and young males, Loyola University Chicago Summer Research Stipend $6000, 1998. PUBLICATIONS Schertz, J, Cho, T., Lotto, A., & Warner, N. (2016). Individual differences in perceptual adaptability of foreign sound categories. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 78, 355-367. Aguele, A., & Lotto, A.J. (Eds.) (2015). Essays in speech processes: Language production and perception, Equinox Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. (2015). The frame problem in speech communication: Defining the dimensional space for phonetic categorization. In Agwuele, A. & Lotto, A. (Eds.) Essays in speech processes: Language production and perception, Equinox Vitela, A.D., & Lotto, A.J. (2015). Context effects in speech: Talker normalization or relative auditory perception. In Agwuele, A. & Lotto, A. (Eds.) Essays in speech processes: Language production and perception, Equinox Lotto, A.J., & Holt, Lori L. (2015). Speech perception: The view from the auditory system. In Hickok, G. & Small, S.L. (Eds.) The Neurobiology of Language. Elsevier. 185-194. Shertz, J., Cho, T., Lotto, A., & Warner, N. (2015). Individual differences in phonetic cue use in production and perception of a non-native sound contrast. Journal of Phonetic, 52, 183-204. Carbonell, K.M., Lester, R.A., Lotto, A.J., & Story, B.H. (2015). Discriminating simulated vocal tremor source using amplitude modulation spectra. Journal of Voice, 29, 140-147. Vitela, A.D., Monson, B.B., & Lotto, A.J. (2015). Phoneme categorization relying solely on high-frequency energy. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Express Letter, EL65-EL70. Monson, B.B., Lotto, A.J., & Story, B.H. (2014). Gender and vocal production mode discrimination using the high frequencies for speech and singing. Frontiers in Psychology (Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience). 5:1239. Monson, B.B., Hunter, E.J., Lotto, A.J. & Story, B.H. (2014). The perceptual significance of high-frequency energy in the human voice. Frontiers in Psychology (Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience). 5:587. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00587 Samlan, R.A., Story, B.H., Lotto, A.J., & Bunton, K. (2014). The acoustic and perceptual effects of left-right vocal fold asymmetries based on computational modeling. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 57, 1619-1937. Carbonell, K.N. & Lotto, A.J. (2014). Speech isn t special again. Frontiers in Psychology (Language Sciences), 5, 427. Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. (2014). The alluring but misleading analogy between mirror neurons and the Motor Theory of speech. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37, 204-205. Monson, B., Lotto, A., & Story, B. (2014). Detection of high-frequency energy level changes in speech and singing. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135, 400-406. Gonzalez, K.E. & Lotto, A.J. (2013). A "bafri", un "pafri": Bilinguals' pseudoword identifications support language-specific phonetic systems. Psychological Science, 24, 2135-2142. Vitela A.D., Warner N., & Lotto A.J. (2013). Perceptual compensation for differences in speaking style. Front. Psychol. 4:399. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00399 Monson, B., Lotto, A., & Story, B. (2012). Analysis of high-frequency energy in long-term average spectra (LTAS) of singing and speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132, 1754-1764. Carbonell, K. & Lotto, A.J. (2012). Absence or presence of preceding sound can change perceived phonetic identity. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 11, 06005. Laing, E.C.J., Liu, R., Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. (2012). Tuned with a tune: Talker normalization via general auditory processes. Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, Article 203. Lotto, A.J. (2012). Review of Music, Language & the Brain by Ani Patel, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131, 3
1666. Monson, B., Lotto, A., & Ternström, S. (2011). Detection of high-energy changes in sustained vowels produced by singers, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129, 2263-2268. Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. (2010). Psychology of auditory perception. In L. Nadel (ed.) Wiley Interdisciplinary reviews: Cognitive Science. Wiley. Invited; Peer Reviewed Liss, J.M., LeGendre, S., & Lotto, A.J. (2010). Discriminating dysarthria type from envelope modulation spectra. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 53, 1246-1255. Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. (2010). Speech perception as categorization. Attention, Perception & Psychophyics, 72, 1218-1227. Invited; Peer Reviewed. Liss, J.M., White, L., Mattys, S., Lansford, K., Lotto, A.J., Spitzer, S., Caviness, J. (2009). Quantifying speech rhythm deficits in the dysarthrias. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 52, 1334-1352. (Winner of JSHLR Editor s Award for Speech). Hickok, G.S., Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. (2009). What does motor cortex contribute to speech perception? Trends in Cognitive Science, 13, 330-331. Lotto, A. J., Hickok, G. S., & Holt, L. L. (2009). Reflections on mirror neurons and speech perception. Trends in Cognitive Science, 13, 110-114. Stelmachowicz, P.G., Nishi, K., Choi, S., Lewis D.E., Hoover, B.M., Dierking, D.,, & Lotto, A.J. (2008). Effects of stimulus bandwidth on the imitation of English fricatives by normal-hearing children. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 51, 1369-1380/. Aravamudhan, R., Lotto, A.J., & Hawks, J. (2008). Perceptual context effects of speech & non-speech sounds: The role of auditory categories, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124, 1695-1703. Choi, S., Lotto, A.J., Lewis, D.E., Hoover, B.M., & Stemachowicz, P.G. (2008). Attentional modulation of word recognition by children in a dual-task paradigm. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 51, 1042-1054. Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. (2008). Speech perception within an auditory cognitive science framework, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 42-46. Lotto, A.J., & Sullivan, S.C. (2007). Speech as a sound source. In W.A. Yost, R.R. Fay, & A.N. Popper (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Auditory Research: Auditory Perception of Sound Sources. McCleary, E.A., Ide Helvie, D.L., Lotto, A.J., Carney, A.E., & Higgins, M.B. (2007). Effects of elicitation task variables on speech production by children with cochlear implants. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 50, 83-96. Kim, M.-R., Lotto, A.J., & Kim, J.-K. (2006). Influence of prosody on Korean word production by non-heritage learners. The Korean Language in America, 11, 102-111. Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. (2006). Putting phonetic context effects into context: Commentary on Fowler (2005). Perception & Psychophysics, 68, 178-183. Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. (2006). Cue weighting in auditory categorization: Implications for first and second language acquisition. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119, 3059-3071. Holt, L.L., Stephens, J.D., & Lotto, A.J. (2005). A critical evaluation of visually-moderated phonetic context effects. Perception & Psychophysics, 67, 1102-1112. Kluender, K.R., Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. (2005). Contributions of nonhuman animal models to understanding human speech. In S. Greenberg & W. Ainsworth (Eds.), Listening to Speech: An Auditory Perspective. (Oxford University Press: New York, NY). Holt, L.L., Lotto, A.J., & Diehl, R.L. (2004). Auditory discontinuities interact with categorization: Implications for speech perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116, 1763-1773. Lotto, A.J., Sato, M., & Diehl, R.L. (2004). Mapping the task for the second language learner: The case of Japanese acquisition of /r/ and /l/. J. Slifka, S. Manuel, & M. Matthies (Eds.) From Sound to Sense: 50+ Years of Discoveries in Speech 4
Communication. Electronic conference proceedings. Lotto, A.J. (2004). Perceptual compensation for coarticulation as a general auditory process. In A. Agwuele, W. Warren, & S-H. Park (eds.) Proceedings of the 2003 Texas Linguistics Society Conference (pp. 42-53). Sommerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. Diehl, R.L., Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. (2004). Speech perception. Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 149-179. Kim, M.-R. & Lotto, A. J. (2004). Acoustic measurements of Korean approximants. In H.-Y, Kim (Ed.) The Korean Language in America 9 (pp.70-77). American Association of Teachers of Korean. Lotto, A.J., Sullivan, S.C., & Holt, L.L. (2003). Central locus of non-speech context effects on phonetic identification. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 113, 53-56. Kim, M.-R. Cho, Lee, J., & Lotto, A. J. (2003). An investigation of the manner contrast in inter-vocalic Korean stops. The Korean Language in America, 8, 75-84. Williams, P.G., Wasserman, M.S., & Lotto, A.J. (2003). Individual differences in self-assessed health: An information processing investigation of illness cognition. Health Psychology, 22, 3-11. Lotto, A.J., & Kluender, K.R. (2002). Synchrony capture hypothesis fails to account for effects of amplitude on voicing perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 111, 1056-1062. Kim, M-R, & Lotto, A.J. (2002). An investigation of acoustic characteristics of Korean stops produced by non-heritage learners. In J.J. Ree (Ed.), The Korean Language in America, Vol. 7 (pp. 177-188). American Association of Teachers of Korean. Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. (2002). Behavioral examinations of the neural mechanisms of speech context effects. Hearing Research, 167, 156-169. Holt, L.L., Lotto, A.J., & Kluender, K.R. (2001). Influence of fundamental frequency on stop-consonant voicing perception: A case of learned covariation or auditory enhancement? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109, 764-774. Lotto, A.J. (2000). Language acquisition as complex category formation. Phonetica, 57, 189-196. (invited submission). Holt, L.L., Lotto, A.J., & Kluender K.R. (2000). Neighboring spectral content influences vowel identification. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 108, 710-722. Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. (2000). The illusion of the phoneme. In S. J. Billings, J. P. Boyle, & A. M. Griffith (Eds.), Chicago Linguistic Society, Volume 35: The Panels. (pp. 191-204). Chicago Linguistic Society: Chicago. Lotto, A.J. (2000). Reply to An analytical error invalidates the depolarization of the perceptual magnet effect. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107, 3578-3580. Lotto, A.J., Kluender, K.R., & Holt, L.L. (2000). Effects of language experience on organization of vowel sounds. In M. Broe & J. Pierrehumbert (Eds.), Laboratory Phonology V: Language Acquisition and the Lexicon. (pp. 219-228) Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. Kluender, K.R., & Lotto, A.J. (1999). Virtues and perils of empiricist approaches to speech perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105, 503-511. (invited contribution). Holt, L.L., Lotto, A.J., & Kluender, K.R. (1998). Incorporating principles of general learning in theories of language acquisition. In C.M. Gruber, D. Higgins, K.S. Olson, & T. Wysocki (Eds.), CLS 34: The Panels. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society, 34(2), 253-268. Kluender, K.R., Lotto, A.J., Holt, L.L., & Bloedel, S.B. (1998). Role of experience in language-specific functional mappings for vowel sounds as inferred from human, nonhuman, and computational models. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 104, 3568-3582. 5
Lotto, A.J., Kluender, K.R., & Holt, L.L. (1998). The Perceptual Magnet Effect depolarized. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 103, 3648-3655. Lotto, A.J., & Kluender, K.R. (1998). General contrast effects in speech perception: Effect of preceding liquid on stop consonant identification. Perception & Psychophysics, 60, 602-619. Lotto, A.J., Kluender, K.R., & Holt, L.L. (1997). Animal models of speech perception phenomena. In K. Singer, R. Eggert, & G. Anderson (Eds.), Chicago Linguistic Society, Volume 33 (Chicago Linguistic Society: Chicago). pp. 357-367. Lotto, A.J., Kluender, K.R., & Holt, L.L. (1997). Perceptual compensation for coarticulation by Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102, 1134-1140. Lotto, A.J., Holt, L.L., & Kluender, K.R. (1997). Effect of voice quality on perceived height of English vowels. Phonetica, 54, 76-93. Lotto, A.J., Kluender, K.R., & Green, K.P. (1996). Spectral discontinuities and the vowel length effect. Perception & Psychophysics, 58(7), 1005-1014. Kluender, K.R., Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. (1995). Effect of voice quality on the tense/lax distinction for English vowels. In Proceedings of the XIII th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences edited by K. Elenius and P. Branderud (Stockholm University, Stockhom). Vol. 4, pp. 164-167. Lotto, A.J., & Kluender, K.R. (1995). General auditory processes may account for the effect of preceding liquid on perception of place of articulation. In Proceedings of the XIII th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences edited by K. Elenius and P. Branderud (Stockholm University, Stockhom). Vol. 2, pp. 522-525. Kluender, K.R., Lotto, A.J., & Jenison, R.L. (1995). Perception of voicing for syllable-initial stops at different intensities: Does synchrony capture signal voiceless stop consonants? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 97(4), 2552-2567. Kluender, K.R., & Lotto, A.J. (1994). Effects of first formant onset frequency on [-voice] judgments result from general auditory processes not specific to humans. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 95(2), 1044-1052. INVITED ADDRESSES Lotto, A.J. Drain the swamp! Time for a paradigm shift in the study of speech perception, 11 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Gainesville, FL, January 6, 2017 Lotto, A.J. Acoustic classification of dysarthria type, Presentation to UF Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, November 1, 2016. Lotto, A.J. What the study of speech perception can tell us about music and vice versa. Vanderbilt Science of Music Seminar, Nashville, 3/16/16 Lotto, A.J. A delightful tale of magic, 10 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ, January 6, 2016. Kruse, D., Traut, D., & Lotto, A.J. Can t get you out of my head, Confluencenter Show & Tell, Tucson, AZ; October 7, 2015. Lotto, A.J. Utilizing simple two formant vowel stimuli to test a previously presented theory on the dual nature of audition. 9 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ, January 5, 2015 Lotto, A.J. I mma do my thang: Back to first principles, 8 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 8, 2014. Lotto, A.J. Speech, Music & Rhythm: The Science (and Art) of Hearing, University of Arizona College of Science s Science Café, Tucson, AZ; October 15, 2013. 6
Lotto, A.J. Cognition and auditory perception. Salus University Osborne College of Audiology Summer Workshop on Auditory Processing Disorders, July 16, 2013. Lotto, A.J. Auditory training and cognition. Salus University Osborne College of Audiology Summer Workshop on Auditory Processing Disorders, July 16, 2013. Lotto, A.J. Statistical learning in speech and non-speech categorization Center for Perceptual Systems, University of Texas- Austin, March 25, 2013. Lotto, A.J. An aud to science. 7 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 3, 2013. Lotto, A.J., Monson, B., & A.D. Vitela Exploring The acoustic forbidden zone: The mythical entities above 5.6 khz. 6 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 5, 2012. Lotto, A.J. Auditory cognitive neuroscience perspective on normal and disordered auditory processing. Hearing, Listening and Learning: New perspectives on auditory processing in individuals with normal and impaired hearing. Tucson, AZ, November 14, 2011. Lotto, A.J. Confessions of a neuroscience Luddite. 5 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 6, 2011. Lotto, A.J. Why motor theory won t die. 4 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 8, 2010. Liss, J.M.,, Lotto, A.J., & Lansford, K. "Disordered speech as a testing ground for listener learning and adaptation." 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio, TX; October 28, 2009. Lotto, A.J. Tuning speech perception to the speaker: The problem of the stubborn phoneme. Center for Perceptual Systems, University of Texas-Austin, Jan. 30, 2009. Lotto, A.J. Rhythm in speech. Third Annual Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 9, 2009. Lotto, A.J. Talker normalization: The good, the bad and the average. Third Annual Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 10, 2009. Lotto, A.J. Relating phonetic categorization to spoken language perception: Sometimes a [ga] is only a [ga], Linguistics Colloquium Series, University of Arizona, March 14, 2008. Lotto, A.J. Moving beyond audibility in attempts to improve speech perception, Auditory Sciences Research Group, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, January 16, 2008. Lotto. A.J. Speech perception as a laboratory phenomenon, 2 nd Annual Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Science Society, Tucson, AZ, January 12, 2008. Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. Determinants of auditory cue weighting and selective attention, 154 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, New Orleans, LA, November 28, 2007. Lotto, A.J., & Liss, J.M. Auditory Cognitive Science: Applications and implications of basic research into the processes of complex sound perception, NSSLHA-Sponsored Tucson Speech-Language Pathology Educational Forum, Tucson, AZ, October 30, 2007. Lotto, A.J. Speech perception as categorization, Kerry Green Memorial Lecture, University of Arizona Psychology Department, Tucson, AZ, April 13, 2007. 7
Lotto, A.J. The theory of auditory relativity, 1 st Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Science Society, Tucson, AZ, January 8, 2007. Lotto, A.J., When a /da/ is not a /da/: Context Effects in Auditory Perception Pennsylvania College of Optometry, School of Audiology, March 2, 2006. Lotto, A.J. Cue weighting in speech and non-speech sound categorization, CUNY Graduate Center, Speech and Hearing Sciences Program Colloquium, New York, March 1, 2006. Holt, L.L. & Lotto, A.J. What are the statistics in statistical learning? Address to the 146 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Austin, TX, November 13, 2003 Lotto, A.J. Perceptual compensation for coarticulation as a general auditory process. Address to the Conference of the Texas Linguistic Society, Austin, TX, March 8, 2003. Lotto, A.J. Animal models of speech sound categorization. Address to the 143 rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh PA, June 4 2002. Lotto, A.J. Speech perception as auditory categorization. Address to the Center for Perceptual Sciences, University of Texas Austin, May 10 2002. Williams, P.G., Lotto, A.J., & Wasserman, M.S. The use of laboratory information processing paradigms to study health and illness cognition In P.G.Williams (Chair), Health and illness cognition: Assessment methodologies and applications. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C., April, 2002. Kluender, K.R., Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. Contributions of general auditory processes to perceptual accommodation of coarticulation. Address to the Workshop on the Nature of Speech Perception, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, July 4, 2000. Lotto, A.J. Language acquisition as complex category formation. Address to the special Symposium on Speech Communication and Language Development, Stockholm University, June 17, 1999. Lotto, A.J. & Holt, L.L. The illusion of the phoneme. Special Phonetics Panel (ChiPhon) of 35 th Conference of the Chicago Linguistic Society, University of Chicago, April 23, 1999. Lotto, A.J. "Speech perception, language instincts, and Marilyn Monroe." Keynote Address at Loyola University Sigma Xi Graduate Forum, Loyola University Chicago, May, 19, 1998. Kluender, K.R., Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. "Contributions of general auditory processes to perceptual accomodation of coarticulation." Address to the Institute of Linguistics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, March, 1998. Kluender, K.R., Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. "Effects of language experience in perceptual organization for vowel sounds as inferred from human, nonhuman, and computational models." Address to the European Speech Communication Association Workshop on the Auditory Basis of Speech Perception, Keele University, England, July 18, 1996. Lotto, A.J. "How talkers may change their glottal source to enhance perception of vowels in English and some African languages." Invited address to the Department of Neurophysiology, University of Wisconsin, August, 1995. Kluender, K.R., Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. "Effect of voice quality on the tense/lax distinction for English vowels." Address to XIII th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 18, 1995, Stockholm. Lotto, A.J. "Frequency contrast effects in speech perception." Address to the Wisconsin chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi, May 1, 1995. Lotto, A.J. "Frequency contrast effects in speech perception." Address to the Department of Neurophysiology, University of Wisconsin, March 3, 1995. 8
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Lotto, A.J., & Traut, D.G. An auditory bias for short-short-long rhythms Annual meeting of the Psychonomics Society; Boston, MA, November 18, 2016. Carbonell, K.M., & Lotto, A.J. Individual differences in the adaptive use of auditory information. Annual meeting of the Psychonomics Society; Long Beach, CA; November 21, 2014. Shertz, J.L., & Lotto, A.J. Language is not destiny: Task-specific factors, and not just native language perceptual biases, influence foreign sound categorization strategies, 168 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, October 2014. Lester, R.A., Story, B.H. & Lotto, A.J. Acoustical bases for the perception of simulated laryngeal vocal tremor, 168 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, October 2014. Monson, R.B., Lotto, A.J., & Story, B.H. Speech spectral intensity discrimination at frequencies above 6 khz, 168 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, October 2014. Quam, C., Lotto, A.J., Golisch, K., Gallegos. C., & Gerken, L. Differences in language-learning biases across age and learner groups. 8 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 9, 2014. Schertz, J., & Lotto, A.J. Language is not destiny! Task-specific factors, and not just native language biases, influence foreign sound categorization strategies. 8 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 9, 2014. Schertz, J., Warner, N., Lotto, A., & Cho, T. Phonetic cue weighting strategies in a non-native language: individual variability and plasticity. Linguistic Society of America annual meeting, Minneapolis, January 2014. Schertz, J., Lotto, A., Warner, N., & Cho, T. Acoustic cue weighting across modalities in a non-native sound contrast. 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, CA; December 3, 2013. Vitela, A.D., Monson, B.B. & Lotto, A.J. Lexical segmentation of speech from energy above 5 khz. 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, CA; December 3, 2013. Carbonell, K.M., & Lotto, A.J. Word recognition in isolation vs. a carrier phrase 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America; San Francisco, CA; December 3, 2013. Samlan, R., Story, B., Lotto, A., & Bunton, K. The acoustic & perceptual effects of left-right vocal fold asymmetries based on computational modeling. 2013 ASHA Convention, Chicago, November 16, 2013. Samlan, R., Story, B., Bunton, K., & Lotto, A. Acoustic & perceptual effects of left-right asymmetries in simulated vocal fold paralysis. 2013 ASHA Convention, Chicago, November 16, 2013. Aravamudhan, R. & Lotto, A.J. Study of neural representations of spectrally degraded signals using FFR. AudiologyNOW, Anaheim, CA, April 5, 2013. Vitela, A.D., Carbonell, K.C., & Lotto, A.J. Predicting the effects of carrier phrases in speech perception. Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, November 15, 2012. Kittleson, M.M.,Schertz, J., Diehl, R. & Lotto, A.J. Distributional learning in categorization of speech and non-speech sounds. Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, November 15, 2012. Carbonell, K.M. & Lotto, A.J. Rich linguistic information in amplitude envelopes: clues to understanding the success of CIs. 3rd annual meeting of Cochlear Implant and Hearing Research group (CRASH); Madison, WI; November 2, 2012. Carbonell, K.M., Story, B., Lester, R., & Lotto, A.J. Discriminating vocal tremor source from amplitude envelop modulations. 164 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America; Kansas City, October 26, 2012. 9
Kittleson, M., Diehl, R.L., & Lotto, A.J. Optimal categorization of sounds varying on a single dimensions. 164 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City, October 25, 2012. Carbonell, K.M., Brenner, D., & Lotto, A.J. Discriminating languages with general measures of temporal regularity and spectral variance. 164 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America; Kansas City, October 24, 2012. Vitela, A.D., Lotto, A.J., & Story, B.H. Talker normalization effects elicited with no change in talker. 164 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City, October 23, 2012. Monson, B.B., Story, B.S., & Lotto, A.J. Analysis of high-frequency energy in singing and speech. Acoustics 2012 Hong Kong, May 16, 2012. Utianski, R., Caviness, J., Liss, J., Lotto, A., & Lansford, K. Cortical activationduring the perception of intelligible and unintelligible speech as measured via high-density electroencephalography. Acoustics 2012 Hong Kong, May 16, 2012. Dai, H., Chuang, F-Y., & Lotto, A. Estimating listeners internal noise from intensity and spectral-shape discrimination tasks. Acoustics 2012 Hong Kong, May 18, 2012. Vitela, A.D., Monson, B.B., & Lotto, A.J. Perception of phonetic information from energy above 5 khz. 2012 Meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ; March 9, 2012. Carbonell, K.M., Andrews, J., Bunton, K. & Lotto, A.J. "Intelligibility of Noise-Vocoded Speech. 2012 Meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ; March 9, 2012. Carbonell, K.M., Andrews, J., Bunton, K. & Lotto, A.J. "A Test of Intelligibility: Consonant identification using noise-vocoded speech. 6th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 5, 2012. Carbonell, K.M., Lansford, K., Utianski, R., Liss, J.M., & Lotto, A.J. Discriminating language and talker using non-linguistic measures of rhythm, spectral energy and f0. 162 nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America; San Diego, CA, November 4, 2011. Sullivan, S.C., Tanji, J.A., Lotto, A.J., & Diehl, R.L. Sensitivity to changing characteristics of Guassian-shaped stimulus distributions in auditory categorization. 162 nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA; November, 3, 2011. Vitela, A.D., & Lotto, A.J. Investigating the roles of vocal tract size and phoneme content in context effects. 162 nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA; November, 2, 2011. Monson, B.B., Vitela, A.D., Story, B.H., & Lotto, A.J. Perceptually relevant information in energy above 5 khz for speech and singing. 162 nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA; November, 4, 2011. Carbonell, K.M., Sullivan, S.C., Lansford, K., Utianski, R., Liss, J.M., & Lotto, A.J. Stable production rhythms across languages for bilingual speakers. 161 st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA; May 27, 2011. Vitela, A.D., & Lotto, A.J. Variables influencing the size of carrier-phrase dependent effects on speech perception. 161 st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA; May 27, 2011. Vitela, A.D., Story, B.H., & Lotto, A.J. Extraordinary capabilities of the average spectrum. 5 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 6, 2011. Carbonell, K.M., & Lotto, A.J. "All by myself, don't wanna be all by myself anymore... /ga/." 5th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 6, 2011. Aravamudhan, R, Carbonell, K.M., & Lotto, A.J. "Presence of preceding sound affects the neural representation of speech sounds: FFR data." 160th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, MX; November 16, 2010. 10
Carbonell, K.M., Aravamudhan, R, & Lotto, A.J. "Presence of preceding sound affects the neural representation of speech sounds: Behavioral data." 160th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, MX; November 16, 2010. Vitela, A.D., Story, B.H., & Lotto, A.J. Predicting the effect of talker differences on perceived vowel category. 160 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Mexico; November, 17, 2010. Sullivan, S.C., Kittleson, M.M., Lotto, A.J., & Diehl, R.L. Sensitivity to characteristics of Gaussian-shaped stimulus distributions in auditory categorization. 160 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Mexico. November 18, 2010. Choe, Y-k, Liss, J.M., Azuma, T., Lotto, A.J. & Mathy, P. "Evidence of cue use and performance differences in deciphering dysarthric speech" Presentation at Conference on Motor Speech, Savannah Georgia, March 2010. Vitela, A.D., Lotto, A.J., & Story, B.H. Mini giants and other monstrosities of vocal tract averaging. 4 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 7, 2010. Whitaker, R.N., Kiley, R.J., Wong, A.A., Vitela, A.D., & Lotto, A.J. To pea or not to pea: Effects of stimulus range on speech cue weighting (or lack thereof). 4th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 7, 2010. Gonzales, K., & Lotto, A.J. Early bilinguals have their cake and eat it: too: Evidence for native-like perception in both languages. 4 th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ; January 7, 2010. Choe, Y-k., Liss, J.M., Lotto, A.J., Azuma, T., & Mathy, P. Individual differences in speech perception. American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA., November 2009. Huang, J., Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. "Adaptation to a spoken passage s long term spectral average." 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio, TX; October 28, 2009. Vitela, A.D., Lotto, A.J., & Story, B.H. "Normalization for vocal tract differences using long term average spectrum." 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio, TX; October 27, 2009. LeGendre, S.J., Liss, J.M., Lotto, A.J., & Utianski, R.. "Talker recognition using envelope modulation spectra." 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio, TX; October 26, 2009. Monson, B. B., Ternström, S., & Lotto, A. J. Audibility of high frequency in voice, Voice Foundation s 38th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Philadelphia, PA, June, 2009. Vitela, A.D., Sullivan, S.C., & Lotto, A.J. Perceptual normalization for variation in speaking style. 157 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Portland, OR, May 20, 2009. LeGendre, S.J., Liss, J.M., & Lotto, A.J. Discriminating dysarthria type and predicting intelligibility from amplitude modulation spectra. 157 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Portland, OR, May 18, 2009. Monson, B.B., Ternström, S., & Lotto, A.J. Audibility of high frequency energy in speech and voice. Third Annual Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 9, 2009. Vitela, A.D., & Lotto, A.J. Perceptual normalization for reduced speech: Phonetic tuning vs. spectral contrast. Third Annual Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 9, 2009. Caviness, J.N., Lotto, A.J., Liss, J.M., Lansford, K., Spitzer, S., & Kittelson, M. Developing a neurocognitive model of spoken language perception using high density EEG: First step. Third Annual Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 9, 2009. LeGendre, S., Liss, J.M., & Lotto, A.J. The envelope modulation spectrum and its application in rhythm studies. Third Annual Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 9, 2009. 11
Liss, J.M., White, L., Mattys, S.L., Lansford, K., Spitzer, S., Lotto, A.J., & Caviness, J.N. Classifying dysarthrias by speech rhythm metrics. Third Annual Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 9, 2009. White, L., Liss, J.M., Mattys, S.L., Lansford, K., Lotto, A.J., Spitzer, S., & Caviness, J.N. Distinguishing dysarthrias using rhythm metrics. The British Association of Clinical Linguistics, University of Reading, Reading, UK, December 2008. Lotto, A.J., Vitela, A., Sullivan, S., & Leibold, L. Perceptual insertion of phonetic segment induced by speech-shaped noise, 2008 Meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ, March 7, 2008. Andrew J. Lotto Leibold, L., & Lotto, A.J. Effects of noise on children s speech identification, 2008 Meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ, March 8, 2008. Aravamudhan, R., & Lotto, A.J. Phonetic context effects in normal-hearing listeners using acoustic simulations of cochlear implant signal. 153 rd Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT, June 6, 2007. Aravamudhan, R, & Lotto, A.J. Cochlear implant simulations of speech context effects. ResearchPOD presentation, AudiologyNOW, Denver, CO, April 19th, 2007. Aravamudhan, R., & Lotto, A.J. "It's all about the context - phonemic identification in NH and CI listeners". 13 th Annual Pennsylvania Academy of Audiology Convention, Harrisburg, PA, September 29, 2006. (Winner of PAA, Best Professional Poster) Kim, M-R. Cho, Lotto, A.J., & Kim, J-K. Korean word prosody produced by non-heritage learners. 11 th Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Korean, New Brunswick, NJ, June 2006. Lotto, A.J., Ide-Helvie, D.L., McCleary, E.A., & Higgins, M.B. Acoustics of clear speech from children with normal hearing and cochlear implants. 151 st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Providence, RI, June 7, 2006. Aravamudhan, R, & Lotto, A.J. Context effects in adult cochlear implant users. 18 th Meeting of the American Academy of Audiology, Minneapolis, MN, April 7, 2006. Aravamudhan, R., & Lotto, A.J. Phonetic context effects in adult listeners with cochlear implants. 150 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Minneapolis, MN. October 19, 2005. Sullivan, S.C., Lotto, A.J., Newlin, E.T., & Diehl, R.L. Sensitivity to changing stimulus distribution characteristics in auditory categorization 150 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Minneapolis, MN. October 18, 2005. Aravamudhan, R., & Lotto, A.J. Phonetic context effects in adults with cochlear implant. 2005 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses. Asilomar, CA, August 2, 2005. Sullivan, S.C., Lotto, A.J., Newlin, E.T., & Diehl, R.L. Sensitivity to stimulus-distribution characteristics in auditory categorization. 149 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Vancouver, Canada, May 20, 2005. Hay, J.F., Holt, L.L., Lotto, A.J., & Diehl, R.L. How auditory discontinuities and linguistic experience affect the perception of speech and non-speech in English-and Spanish-Speaking listener. 149 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Vancouver, Canada, May 17, 2005. Aravamudhan, R., & Lotto, A.J. Phonetic context effects in adult cochlear implant listeners. 10 th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Dallas, TX, March 17, 2005. Ide Helvie, D., McCleary, E.A., Higgins, M.B., & Lotto, A.J. Acoustic correlates of clear speech from children with cochlear implants. 10 th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Dallas, TX, March 17, 2005. McCleary, E.A., Ide Helvie, D., Higgins, M.B., & Lotto, A.J. Effects of simultaneous signing on speech production by children with cochlear implants. 10 th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Dallas, TX, March 17, 2005. 12
13 Andrew J. Lotto Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. Factors affecting perceptual weighting of acoustic cues in a categorization task. 28 th Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, New Orleans, LA, February 24, 2005. Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. Auditory categorization: cue weighting and dimension bias. 148 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA, November 18, 2004. Aravamudhan, R., & Lotto, A.J. Perceptual overshoot in listeners with cochlear implants. 148 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA, November 16, 2004. Ide Helvie, D.L., McClearey, E.A., Sullivan, S.C., Lotto, A.J., & Higgins, M.B. Strategies used to increase speech clarity by normal-hearing children. 148 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA, November 16, 2004. Sullivan, S.C., Lotto, A.J., & Diehl R.L. Optimal auditory categorization on a single dimension. 26 th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Chicago, August 7, 2004. Kim, M.-R. C., & Lotto, A. J. Acoustic measurements of Korean approximants. 9th Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Korean, Raleigh, NC, June 24, 2004. Lotto, A.J., Sato, M., & Diehl, R.L. Mapping the task for the second language learner: The case of Japanese acquisition of /r/ and /l/. From Sound to Sense: 50+ Years of Discoveries in Speech Communication, Boston, MA, June 12, 2004. Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. Temporally non-adjacent acoustic histories shift identification of speech. 27 th Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, FL, February 25, 2004. Sato, M., Lotto, A.J., & Diehl, R.L. Patterns of acoustic variance in native and non-native phonemes: The case of Japanese production of /r/ and /l/. 146 th Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Austin, TX, November 12, 2003. Kim, M.-R. Cho, Lee, J., & Lotto, A. J. An investigation of the manner contrast in inter-vocalic Korean stops. 8 th Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Korean, Berkeley, CA, June 26, 2003. Holt, L. L., Lotto, A. J., Diehl, R. L. Perceptual discontinuities and categorization: Implications for speech perception. 145 th Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Nashville, TN, April 30, 2003. Holt, L. L., Lotto, A. J., Diehl, R. L. Perceptual discontinuities and categorization: Implications for speech perception. 10 th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. NY, NY, March, 2003. Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. Speech perception as a paradigmatic case of auditory cognition. First Auditory Perception, Cognition and Action Meeting, Kansas City, MO, November 22, 2002. Kim, M-R. C., & Lotto, A.J. An investigation of acoustic characteristics of Korean stops produced by non-heritage learners. 7 th Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Korean, Orlando, FL, August 2, 2002. Sullivan, S.C., & Lotto, A.J. Peripheral and central locus of a nonspeech phonetic context effect 143 rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh PA, June 4 2002. Williams, P.G., Lotto, A.J., & Wasserman, M.S. The influence of neuroticism on the processing of health-relevant information Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C., April, 2002. Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. Respective roles of spectral and phonemic representations in phonetic context effects 13 th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, June 16, 2001. Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. Experimental paradigm for examining the formation of complex auditory categories 141 st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL, June 4, 2001. Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. Auditory context effects for nonequivalent sources 141 st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL, June 4, 2001. Holt, L.L., & Lotto, A.J. Perceptual context effects in speech perception Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, NY, March
2001. Janega, J., & Lotto, A.J. Explicit training of complex auditory categories. 72 nd Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May 5, 2000. Lotto, A.J. Behavioral examinations of neurophysiological explanations for speech context effects 23 rd Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL, February 22, 2000. Lotto, A.J., Holt, L.L., & Kluender, K.R. Structure of phonetic categories produced by general learning mechanisms 138 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Columbus, OH, November 4, 1999. Holt, L.L., Lotto, A.J., & Kluender, K.R. Influence of fundamental frequency on stop-consonant voicing perception: A case of learned covariation or auditory enhancement? 138 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Columbus, OH, November 4, 1999. Holt, L.L. & Lotto, A.J. Simultaneous detection and identification of vowels: A case of unconscious perception? 71 st Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April 29, 1999. Lotto, A.J. & Holt, L.L. The illusion of the phoneme. Special Phonetics Panel (ChiPhon) of 35 th Conference of the Chicago Linguistic Society, University of Chicago, April 23, 1999. Holt, L.L., Lotto, A.J., & Kluender, K.R. "Spectral contrast in perception of VCV syllables." 136 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Norfolk, VA, October 13, 1998. Lotto, A.J., Holt, L.L., & Kluender, K.R. Perceptual-magnet effect as categorical perception. 134 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA, December 2, 1997. Holt, L.L., Lotto, A.J., & Kluender, K.R. Discrimination of single-formant stimuli by chinchillas (Chinchilla villidera). 134 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA, December 4, 1997. Lotto, A.J., Kluender, K.R., & Holt, L.L. "Animal models of speech perception phenomena." Special Phonetics Panel of 33 rd Conference of the Chicago Linguistic Society, University of Chicago, April 19, 1997. Lotto, A.J., Kluender, K.R., & Holt, L.L. Context effects in speech perception by Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL, February 5, 1997. Lotto, A.J., Holt, L.L., & Kluender, K.R. "General auditory processes may accomodate kinematic consequences of speech coarticulation." European Speech Communication Association Workshop on the Auditory Basis of Speech Perception, Keele University, England, July 16, 1996. Lotto, A.J., Kluender, K.R., & Holt, L.L. "Effects of language experience on perceptual organization of vowel sounds." Paper presented at the Fifth Conference on Laboratory Phonology, Evanston, Illinois, July 6, 1996. Lotto, A.J., & Kluender, K.R. "Effects of amplitude on voicing contrast may not be explained by VIII th nerve synchrony capture." 131 st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 17, 1996. Holt, L.L., Lotto, A.J., & Kluender, K.R. "Perceptual compensation for vowel undershoot may be explained by general perceptual principles." 131 st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 17, 1996. Lotto, A.J., Kluender, K.R., & Holt, L.L. "Animal and computational models of development of graded vowel categories." 130 th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, St. Louis, Missouri, November 30, 1995. Lotto, A.J., & Kluender, K.R. "General auditory processes may account for the effect of preceding liquid on perception of place of articulation." XIII th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, August 15, 1995, Stockholm. Lotto, A.J., Kluender, K.R., & Holt, L.L. "Spectral discontinuities and the vowel length effect." 128 th Meeting of the Acoustical 14