Abstract
In a recent series of reaction time studies, Wood has claimed to have found evidence supporting a hybrid serial-parallel model for the processing of acoustic and phonetic information [e.g., C.C. Wood, Percept. Psychophys. 15, 501–508 (1974)]. According to this model, following a preliminary analysis, acoustic and phonetic information are processed in parallel. This paper describes a set of experiments using clearly non-phonetic stimuli which replicate and extend the basic results of the Wood studies. We reject the assumption of the involvement of phonetic processes in the Wood studies. Rather, we claim that Wood has described a basic characteristic of the auditory system which cannot be explained in terms of known recency or nonsimultaneous “recognition-masking” effects.
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