Publications (since 1989)

Diehl, R.L., Lotto, A.J., & Holt, L.L. (2004). Speech Perception. Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 149-179.

Diehl, R.L., Lindblom, B., & Creeger, C.P. (2003). Increasing realism of auditory representations yields further insights into vowel phonetics. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Vol. 2, pp.1381-1384. Adelaide: Causal Publications. [PDF]

Diehl, R.L. & Lindblom, B. (2003). Explaining the structure of feature and phoneme inventories. In S. Greenberg, W. Ainsworth, A. Popper, & R. Fay (eds.), Speech Processing in the Auditory System (pp. 101-162). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Geisler, W.S. & Diehl, R.L. (2003). A Bayesian approach to the evolution of perceptual and cognitive systems. Cognitive Science, 118, 1-24. [PDF]

Wong, P.C.M. & Diehl, R.L. (2003). Perceptual normalization for inter- and intra-talker variation in Cantonese. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 46, 413-421. [PDF]

Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Castillo, E., Breier, J.I., Davis, R.N., & Diehl, R.L. (2003). Differential brain activation patterns during perception of voice and tone onset time series: A MEG study. Neuroimage, 18, 448-459. [PDF]

Geisler, W.S. and Diehl, R.L. (2002). Bayesian Natural Selection and the Evolution of Perceptual Systems. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B, 357, 419-448. [PDF]

Maddox, W.T., Molis, M.R., & Diehl, R.L. (2002). Generalizing a neuropsychological model of visual categorization to auditory categorization of vowels. Perception & Psychophysics, 64, 584-597. [PDF]

Wong, P.C.M. & Diehl, R.L. (2002). How can the lyrics of a song in a tone language be understood. Psychology of Music, 30, 202-209.

Maddox, W.T., Diehl, R.L. & Molis, M.R. (2001). Generalizing a neuropsychological model of visual categorization to auditory categorization of vowels. In R. Smits, J. Kingston, T.M. Nearey & R. Zondervan (eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop on Speech Recognition as pattern Classification, Nijmegen, July 11-13, 85-90.

Breier, J.I., Gray, L., Fletcher, J.M., Diehl, R.L., Klaas, P., Foorman, B.R., & Molis, M.R. (2001). Perception of voice and tone onset time continua in children with dyslexia with and without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 80, 245-270. [PDF]

Diehl, R.L., Molis, M.R., & Castleman, W.A. (2001). Adaptive design of sound systems: Some auditory considerations. In K. Johnson & E. Hume (eds.), The Role of Perceptual Phenomena in Phonological Theory (pp. 123-139). San Diego: Academic Press.

Maddox, W.T., Diehl, R.L., & Molis, M.R. (2001). Generalizing a neuropsychological model of visual categorization to auditory categorization of vowels. In R. Smits, J. Kingston, T.M. Nearey & R. Zondervan (eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop on Speech Recognition as Pattern Classification, Nijmegen, July 11-13, 85-90.

Diehl, R.L. (2000). Searching for an auditory description of vowel categories. Phonetica, 57, 267-274.

Redford, M.A. & Diehl, R.L. (1999). The relative perceptual distinctiveness of initial and final consonants in CVC syllables. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 106, 1555-1565. [PDF]

Hay, J. F. & Diehl, R.L. (1999). Effect of duration, intensity, and F0 alternations on rhythmic grouping. Proceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, San Francisco, 1-7 August 1999, 245-248.

Diehl, R.L. (1998). Locus equations: A partial solution to the problem of consonant place perception. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 21, 264.

Simos, P.G., Diehl, R.L., Breier, J.I., Molis, M.R., Zouridakis, G., & Papanicolaou, A.C. (1998). MEG correlates of categorical perception of a voice onset time continuum in humans. Cognitive Brain Research, 7, 215-219.[PDF]

Molis, M. R., Diehl, R.L. & Jacks, A. (1998). Phonological boundaries and the spectral center of gravity. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics and the 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019-2020.

Wong, P.C.M. & Diehl, R.L. (1998). Effect of spectral distance on vowel perception. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics and the 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 2015-2016.

Diehl, R.L., Lindblom, B., Hoemeke, K.A., & Fahey, R.P. (1996). On explaining certain male-female differences in the phonetic realization of vowel categories. Journal of Phonetics, 24, 187-208.

Fahey, R.P., Diehl, R.L., & Traunmüller, H. (1996). Perception of back vowels: Effects of varying F1-F0 distance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 99, 2350-2357.

Fahey, R.P. & Diehl, R.L. (1996). The missing fundamental in vowel height perception. Perception & Psychophysics,58, 725-733.

Castleman, W.A. & Diehl, R.L. (1996). Effects of fundamental frequency on medial and final [voice] judgments. Journal of Phonetics, 24, 383-398. [PDF]

Diehl, R.L. & Castleman, W.A. (1996). Integrated perceptual properties: The affricate/fricative distinction. In A.P. Simpson & M. Pätzold (eds.), Sound Patterns of Connected Speech: Proceedings of the Symposium Held at Kiel University on 14-15 June 1996 (pp. 191-200). Institut für Phonetik und digitale Sprachverarbeitung, Universität Kiel, Arbeitsberichte #31.

Diehl, R.L., & Molis, M.R. (1995). Effects of fundamental frequency on medial [voice] judgments. Phonetica, 52, 188-195.

Kingston, J., & Diehl, R.L. (1995). Intermediate properties in the perception of distinctive feature values. In B. Connell & A. Arvaniti (eds.), Phonology and phonetics: Papers in laboratory phonology IV (pp. 7-27). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Balise, R.R., & Diehl, R.L. (1994). Some distributional facts about fricatives and a perceptual explanation. Phonetica, 51, 99-110.

Kingston, J., & Diehl, R.L. (1994). Phonetic knowledge. Language, 70, 419-454..

Hoemeke, K. A., & Diehl, R.L. (1994). Perception of vowel height: The role of F1-F0 distance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 96, 661-674.

Cohen, L.B., Diehl, R.L., Oakes, L.M., & Loehlin, J.C. (1992). Infant perception of /aba/ versus /apa/: Building a quantitative model of infant categorical discrimination. Developmental Psychology, 28, 261-272.

Hura, S.L., Lindblom, B., & Diehl, R.L. (1992). On the role of perception in shaping phonological assimilation rules. Language and Speech, 35, 59-72.

Hura, S.L., Lindblom, B., & Diehl, R.L. (1992). Some evidence that perceptual factors shape assimilations. Chalmers Technical Report 10, Göteborg, Sweden: Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Information Theory.

Cohen, L.B., Diehl, R.L., Oakes, L.M., & Loehlin, J.C. (1992). Infant perception of /aba/ versus /apa/: Building a quantitative model of infant categorical discrimination. Developmental Psychology, 28, 261-272.

Hura, S.L., Lindblom, B., & Diehl, R.L. (1992). On the role of perception in shaping phonological assimilation rules. Language and Speech, 35, 59-72.

Hura, S.L., Lindblom, B., & Diehl, R.L. (1992). Some evidence that perceptual factors shape assimilations. Chalmers Technical Report 10, Göteborg, Sweden: Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Information Theory.

Diehl, R.L., Kluender, K.R., Walsh, M.A., & Parker, E.M. (1991). Auditory enhancement in speech perception and phonology. In R.R. Hoffman & D.S. Palermo (eds.), Cognition and the symbolic processes, Vol 3: Applied and ecological perspectives (pp. 59-76). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Diehl, R.L., Walsh, M.A., & Kluender, K.R. (1991). On the interpretability of speech/nonspeech comparisons: A reply to Fowler. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 89, 2905-2909.

Walsh, M.A., & Diehl, R.L. (1991). Formant transition duration and amplitude rise time as cues to the stop/glide distinction. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 43A, 603-620.

Diehl, R.L. (1991). Listener-oriented constraints on articulatory organization. Proceedings of the XIIth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Aix-en-Provence, France, August 19-24, 1991. Vol. 1, 92-96. (Invited semi-plenary paper).

Diehl, R.L. (1991). The role of phonetics in the study of language. Phonetica, 48, 120-134.

Diehl, R.L., & Kingston, J. (1991). Phonetic covariation as auditory enhancement: The case of the [+ voice]/[- voice] distinction. PERILUS: Papers from the Conference on Current Phonetic Research Paradigms: Implications for Speech Motor Control, Stockholm University, August 13-16, 1991.

Blicher, D.L., Diehl, R.L., & Cohen, L.B. (1990). Effects of syllable duration on the perception of the Mandarin Tone 2/Tone 3 distinction: Evidence of auditory enhancement. Journal of Phonetics, 18, 1-13.

Diehl, R.L., Kluender, K.R., & Walsh, M.A. (1990). Some auditory bases of speech perception and production. In W.A. Ainsworth (ed.), Advances in speech, hearing and language processing (pp. 243-268). London: JAI Press.

Diehl, R.L., & Kluender, K.R. (1989). On the objects of speech perception. Ecological Psychology, 1, 121-144. [PDF]

Diehl, R.L., & Kluender, K.R. (1989). Reply to commentators. Ecological Psychology, 1, 195-225.

Diehl, R.L. (1989). Remarks on Stevens' quantal theory of speech. Journal of Phonetics, 17, 71-78.

Diehl, R.L., & Walsh, M.A. (1989). An auditory basis for the stimulus-length effect in the perception of stops and glides. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 85, 2154-2164.

Published Abstracts (since 1989)
Geisler, W.S., & Diehl, R.L. (2001). Bayesian natural selection and the evolution of optimal detection. Optics Express. Vol. 9, No. 8, BV1. Optical Society of America and Univeristy of California Irvine Vision and Color Meeting.

Wong, P., Parson, L.M., Diehl, R., Martinez, M. (2001). Brain basis of ptich perception: The effect of linguistic context. Society for Neuroscience. November 11. Abstract. Vol. 27, Program No. 121.3.

Lindblom, B., & Diehl, R.L. (2001). Reconciling static and dynamic aspects of the speech process. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109, 2380.

Gray, L., Breier, J., Diehl, R., Haardt, P., & Turley, C. (2001). Development of perceptual diemensions lags the ability to perceive details. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109, 2358.

Wong, P.C.M., Diehl, R.L., Ho, S.L., Li, S.W., & Tsang, K.L. (2001). Perception of Cantonese Parkinsonian speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109, 2314.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). Melody-tone relation in Cantonese songs. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 106, 2286.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). The effect of duration on the perception of Cantonese level tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 106, 2150.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1999). The effect of reduced tonal space in Parkinsonian speech on the perception of Cantonese tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105, 1246.

Molis, M.R., & Diehl, R.L. (1998). The temporal extent of spectral properties on [voice] judgments. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 104, 1778.

Williams, S.M. (1998). Context and identification of vowels in speech variation. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 104, 1777.

Wong, P.C.M, & Diehl, R.L. (1998). Effects of speaking fundamental frequency on the normalization of Cantonese level tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 104, 1834.

Wong, P.C.M., & Diehl, R.L. (1998). Effect of spectral distance on vowel height perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 103, 2981.

Molis, M.R., Diehl, R.L., & Jacks, A. (1998). Phonological boundaries and the spectral center of gravity effect. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 103, 2981.

Redford, M.A., & Diehl, R.L. (1996). The relative perceptibility of initial and final consonants. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 100, 2693.

Castleman, W.A., & Diehl, R.L. (1996). Acoustic correlates of fricatives and affricates." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 99, 2546.

Molis, M.R., & Diehl, R.L. (1996). First formant spectral properties and initial stop-consonant [voice] judgments. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 99, 2591.

Diehl, R.L., Castleman, W.A., & Kingston, J. (1995). On the internal perceptual structure of phonological features: The [voice] distinction. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 97, 3333-3334.

Molis, M.R., & Diehl, R.L. (1994). Effect of fundamental frequency perturbations on medial stop-consonant [voice] judgments. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 96, 3228.

Hughes, D.L., & Diehl, R.L. (1994). Formant discrimination in female-like vowels as a function of F1-F0 Bark distance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 96, 2978.

Diehl, R.L., & Fahey, R.P. (1994). The effect of removing the fundamental component on the perception of vowel height in stimuli with varying F0. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 96, 3283.

Fahey, R.P., & Lopez-Bascuas, L.E. (1994). The perception of vowel height in Castilian Spanish: Effects of varying F1-F0 Bark distance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 96, 3283.

Castleman, W.A., & Diehl, R.L. (1994). Fundamental frequency effects on [voice] judgments in intervocalic stop consonants. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 95, 2977.

Fahey, R.P. (1994). Perception of back vowel height: Effects of varying F1-F0 Bark distance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 95, 2978.

Hughes, D.L., & Diehl, R.L. (1994). Single formant discrimination as a function of F1-F0 Bark distance." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 95, 2978.

Hoemeke, K.A., & Diehl, R.L. (1993). Perception of vowel height: Effects of varying F1-F0 difference. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 93, Suppl. 1, 2422.

Diehl, R.L. & Lindblom, B. (1990). Auditory phonetics. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 88, Suppl. 1, S24.

Kingston, J., Diehl, R.L., Kluender, K.R., & Parker, E.M. (1990). Resonance versus source characteristics in perceiving spectral continuity between vowels and consonants. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 88, Suppl. 1, S54-S55.

Kluender, K.R. (1989). Effects of first formant onset qualities on VOT judgments can be explained by auditory processes not specific to humans. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 88, Suppl. 1, S54-S55.