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Modeling the perception of children's age from speech acoustics
No full textFull text access from Treasures at UT Dallas is restricted to current UTD affiliates.Adult listeners were presented with /hVd/ syllables spoken by boys and girls ranging from 5 to 18 years of age. Half of the listeners were informed of the sex of the speaker; the other half were not. Results indicate that veridical age in children can be predicted accurately based on the acoustic characteristics of the talker's voice and that listener behavior is highly predictable on the basis of speech acoustics. Furthermore, listeners appear to incorporate assumptions about talker sex into their estimates of talker age, even when information about the talker's sex is not explicitly provided for them. © 2018 Acoustical Society of America.National Science Foundation (Grant No. 1124479)School of Behavioral and Brain Science
Körper und Schrift als Gedächtnisspeicher. Vom kommunikativen zum kulturellen Gedächtnis
No full textJan Assmann bietet eine Neudefinition der von ihm selbst geprägten Begriffe des kommunikativen und des kulturellen Gedächtnisses an. Mit Bezug auf Maurice Halbwachs, Friedrich Nietzsche und Sigmund Freud wird der dichotomische Gedächtnisbegriff zu dem Trichonom kommunikatives Gedächtnis - kollektives Bindungsgedächtnis - kulturelles Bildungsgedächtnis erweitert. Dabei bestreitet Jan Assmann den physischen Charakter des Gedächtnisbegriffs bei Friedrich Nietzsche und Sigmund Freud und bezeichnet dagegen die Bedeutung der Schrift in der Ausbildung des kulturellen Bildungsgedächtnisses als fundamental
Körper und Schrift als Gedächtnisspeicher. Vom kommunikativen zum kulturellen Gedächtnis
No full textJan Assmann bietet eine Neudefinition der von ihm selbst geprägten Begriffe des kommunikativen und des kulturellen Gedächtnisses an. Mit Bezug auf Maurice Halbwachs, Friedrich Nietzsche und Sigmund Freud wird der dichotomische Gedächtnisbegriff zu dem Trichonom kommunikatives Gedächtnis - kollektives Bindungsgedächtnis - kulturelles Bildungsgedächtnis erweitert. Dabei bestreitet Jan Assmann den physischen Charakter des Gedächtnisbegriffs bei Friedrich Nietzsche und Sigmund Freud und bezeichnet dagegen die Bedeutung der Schrift in der Ausbildung des kulturellen Bildungsgedächtnisses als fundamental
Perceiving foreign-accented speech with decreased spectral resolution in single- and multiple-talker conditions
No full textTo determine the effect of reduced spectral resolution on the intelligibility of foreign-accented speech, vocoder-processed sentences from native and Mandarin-accented English talkers were presented to listeners in single- and multiple-talker conditions. Reduced spectral resolution had little effect on native speech but lowered performance for foreign-accented speech, with a further decrease in multiple- talker conditions. Following the initial exposure, foreign-accented speech with reduced spectral resolution was less intelligible than unprocessed speech in both single- and multiple-talker conditions. Intelligibility improved with extended exposure, but only for single- talker conditions. Results indicate a perceptual impairment when perceiving foreign-accented speech with reduced spectral resolution.School of Behavioral and Brain Science
Giulio Romano. Pittore, architetto, artista universale
No full textFedele al motto Homines dum docent discunt, Giulio Romano attraversò l’arte della prima metà del Cinquecento insegnando a schiere di artisti e con essi continuamente confrontandosi, memore del discepolato compiuto con Raffaello, a Roma, nel secondo decennio del secolo
Voice gender and the segregation of competing talkers: Perceptual learning in cochlear implant simulations
No full textFull text access from Treasures at UT Dallas is available only to current UTD affiliates.Two experiments explored the role of differences in voice gender in the recognition of speech masked by a competing talker in cochlear implant simulations. Experiment 1 confirmed that listeners with normal hearing receive little benefit from differences in voice gender between a target and masker sentence in four- and eight-channel simulations, consistent with previous findings that cochlear implants deliver an impoverished representation of the cues for voice gender. However, gender differences led to small but significant improvements in word recognition with 16 and 32 channels. Experiment 2 assessed the benefits of perceptual training on the use of voice gender cues in an eight-channel simulation. Listeners were assigned to one of four groups: (1) word recognition training with target and masker differing in gender; (2) word recognition training with same-gender target and masker; (3) gender recognition training; or (4) control with no training. Significant improvements in word recognition were observed from pre- to post-test sessions for all three training groups compared to the control group. These improvements were maintained at the late session (one week following the last training session) for all three groups. There was an overall improvement in masked word recognition performance provided by gender mismatch following training, but the amount of benefit did not differ as a function of the type of training. The training effects observed here are consistent with a form of rapid perceptual learning that contributes to the segregation of competing voices but does not specifically enhance the benefits provided by voice gender cues.National Institute of Deafness and other Communication Disorders F31 DC9537; National Science Foundation grant 1124479.School of Behavioral and Brain Science
Paul Assmann (1881–1967): Erforscher der Geologie Oberschlesiens
No full textPaul Assmann arbeitete über mehrere Jahrzehnte als kartierender Geologe an der (Königlich) Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt und ihren Nachfolge-Institutionen. Sein Hauptbetätigungsfeld war die Trias von Oberschlesien (heute Polen). Neben bio- und lithostratigraphischen Untersuchungen machte er sich um die paläontologische Revision der Wirbellosen der Trias verdient. Zahlreiche Fossilien und Belegstücke aus Aufschlüssen und Bohrungen sind in den Sammlungen der Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe überliefert. Assmann ist Autor von 29 geologischen Karten.Paul Assmann was employed in the Geological Survey of Prussia (Preußische Geologische Landesanstalt) 1908–1939. His main duty was the geological mapping of Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien, today Poland), particularly of the Triassic. His scientific work contains bio- and lithostratigraphic investigations of the Triassic and the palaeontological revision of Triassic invertebrate fossils, which he had collected. His publications are of great importance even today, especially his paleontological works. He is the author of 29 geological maps
Der eine Gott als Gott der Gewalt? Eine Besprechung von Rolf Schieders gehaltvollem Diskussionsband zu den Thesen von Jan Assmann
No full textRolf Schieder (Hg.) (2014): Die Gewalt des einen Gottes. Die Monotheismusdebatte zwischen Jan Assmann, Micha Brumlik, Rolf Schieder, Peter Sloterdijk und anderen, Berlin: Berlin University Press. 360 S., ISBN 978-3-86280-067-4, EUR 29,90
Diagnostica non invasiva nell’Appartamento Grande di Castello
No full textAnalisi diagnostiche eseguite dal Centro Laniac dell'Università di Verona nel Complesso museale Palazzo Ducale di Mantova. Sala di Manto: una visione ravvicinata; La preparazione del supporto; L’esecuzione del disegno; La pellicola pittorica: ipotesi e problematiche conservative; Sala di Manto, Sale dei Capitani e dei Marchesi
Monotheismus in den lateinischen Apologien zwischen Rhetorik und Systematik
No full textEin zentrales Thema der lateinischen Apologetik ist der Erweis der Existenz des einen Gottes und der Inexistenz der vielen Götter. Die vorliegende Studie zeigt durch eine Analyse der Rhetorik der Texte, wie Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Laktanz und Augustinus bei dieser Argumentation auf ihre Adressaten Bezug nehmen und dabei die Überlegenheit des Christentums zu untermauern versuchen. Die Ergebnisse werden im Hinblick auf Debatten um den Monotheismus diskutiert, die von Jan Assmann, Michael Frede und Erik Peterson angeregt wurden
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