Changes and updates

This week we decided to splice the a and e items so that they will be identical in the trials (except for the onset vowel).  We also piloted the 4IAX task with our partner lab in Spain and got some preliminary data so that we can make the appropriate changes to the...

The Chosen One(s)

This week, I finally pared down my stimuli!  It was tough to choose which stimuli to use and which ones to scrap, but we did it!  We also decided to run 180 trials instead of 270 for the sake of time and to avoid participants getting bored of the task (this happened...

PRAAT skills for days

This week, I finally got my stimuli sorted!  I learned how to navigate PRAAT scripts, and how to make them work for my purposes.  We segmented gates for the 4IAX task, ramped the vowel and novowel gates so the words sound more natural, and normalized the stimuli so...

Practice Makes Perfect…?

This week we finalized the gates for stimuli for the threshold task, and the next step will be creating the actual trials.  We also chose the practice items, and decided (more or less) how to present them!  Participants will familiarize themselves with Spanish...