Michael Studdert-Kennedy'

was an American psychologist and speech scientist 1927–2017.https://haskinslabs.org/news/michael-studdert-kennedy. He is well known for his contributions to studies of

speech perception Speech perception is the process by which the sounds of language Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by wh ...

, the

motor theory of speech perception The motor theory of speech perception is the hypothesis that people perceive spoken words by identifying the vocal tract gestures with which they are pronounced rather than by identifying the sound patterns that speech generates. It originally cl ...

, and the

evolution of language The origin of language (spoken and signed, as well as language-related technological systems such as writing), its relationship with human evolution, and its consequences have been subjects of study for centuries. Scholars wishing to study th ...

, among other areas. He is a professor emeritus of

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

at the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

and a professor emeritus of

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. He is the former president (1986–1992) of

Haskins Laboratories Haskins Laboratories, Inc. is an independent 501(c) non-profit corporation, founded in 1935 and located in New Haven, Connecticut, since 1970. Haskins has formal affiliation agreements with both Yale University and the University of Connecticut; ...

New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...

. He is also a member of the

Board of Director

and was chairman of the board from 1988 until 2001.

Representative publications

* Studdert-Kennedy, M. & Liberman, A. M. (1962). Psychological considerations in design of auditory displays for reading machines. ''Proceedings of the International Congress on Technology and Blindness'', 1, 289–304. * Studdert-Kennedy, M. & Cooper, F. S. (1966). High-performance reading machines for the blind. ''International Conference on Sensory Devices for the Blind'', 317–340. * A. M. Liberman, F. S. Cooper, D. S. Shankweiler, and M. Studdert-Kennedy. Perception of the speech code. ''Psychological Review'', 74, 1967, 431–461. * Studdert-Kennedy, M., Liberman, A. M., Harris, K. S., & Cooper, F. S. (1970). Motor theory of speech perception: A reply to Lane's critical review. ''Psychological Review'', 77, 234–249. * Studdert-Kennedy, M., & Shankweiler, D. P. (1970). Hemispheric specialization for speech perception. ''Journal of the Acoustical Society of America'', 48, 579–594. * Studdert-Kennedy, M., Shankweiler, D., & Schulman, S. (1970). Opposed effects of a delayed channel on perception of dichotically and monotically presented CV syllables. ''Journal of the Acoustical Society of America'', 48, 599–602. * Studdert-Kennedy, M., Shankweiler, D., & Pisoni, D. (1972). Auditory and phonetic processes in speech perception: Evidence from a dichotic study. ''Journal of Cognitive Psychology'', 2, 455–466. * Studdert-Kennedy, M., & Hadding, K. (1973). Auditory and linguistic processes in the perception of intonation contours. ''Language and Speech'', 16, 293–313. * Studdert-Kennedy, M. (1975). Two questions. Brain and Language, 2, 123–130.* * Studdert-Kennedy, M. (1976). Speech perception. In N. J. Lass (Ed.), ''Contemporary issues in experimental phonetics'' (pp. 243–293). New York: Academic Press. * Studdert-Kennedy, M. (1980). Speech perception. ''Language and Speech'', 23, 45–66. * Studdert-Kennedy, M., & Lane, H. (1980). Clues from the differences between signed and spoken language. In U. Bellugi & M. Studdert-Kennedy (Eds.), ''Signed and spoken language: Biological constraints on linguistic form'' (pp. 29–39). Deerfield Park, FL. * Studdert-Kennedy, M., & Shankweiler, D. (1981). Hemispheric specialization for language processes. ''Science'', 211, 960–961. * Studdert-Kennedy, M. (1993). Discovering phonetic function. ''Journal of Phonetics'', 21, 147–155. * Studdert-Kennedy, M. & Goodell, E.W. (1995). Gestures, features and segments in early child speech. In: deGelder, B. & Morais, J. (eds.). ''Speech and Reading: A Comparative Approach''. Hove, England: Erlbaum (UK), Taylor & Francis. * Studdert-Kennedy, M. (1998). The particulate origins of language generativity: from syllable to gesture. In: Hurford, J., Studdert-Kennedy, M., & Knight, C. (eds.), ''Approaches to the evolution of language'', Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. * Studdert-Kennedy, M. & Whalen, D.H. (1999). A brief history of speech perception research in the United States. In A. Bronstein, J.Ohala & W.Weigel (eds) ''A guide to the history of the phonetic sciences in the United States''. University of California Press: Berkeley CA. * Studdert-Kennedy, M., Mody, M. & Brady, S. (2000). Speech perception deficits in poor readers: A reply to Denenbergfs critique. ''Journal of Learning Disabilities'', v.33, 4, 317–321. * Studdert-Kennedy, M. (2000). Imitation and the emergence of segments. ''Phonetica'', 57, 275–283. * Studdert-Kennedy, M. (2000). Evolutionary implications of the particulate principle: imitation and the dissociation of phonetic form from semantic function. In: Knight, C., Studdert-Kennedy, M. & Hurford, J.R. (eds.). ''The Evolutionary Emergence of Language''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. * Studdert-Kennedy, M. & Goldstein, L. (2003). Launching language: The gestural origin of discrete infinity. In Morten Christiansen and Simon Kirby (eds.).''Language Evolution'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 235–254. * Studdert-Kennedy, M. (2005). How did language go discrete? ''Language Origins: Perspectives on Language'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 48–67. {{DEFAULTSORT:Studdert-Kennedy, Michael American cognitive scientists Haskins Laboratories scientists Speech perception researchers University of Connecticut faculty Yale University faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people)