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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not meaningfulness of spoken words affects one’s recognition of the voice. Thirty-two undergraduate students participated in the study. Testing was done individually in a sound proof room. In the study phase, participants heard 24 words, which were read out by four males; two read 12 words （six words each） and the others read 12 non-words （six non-words each）. The words were presented via a headphone in a random order. Participants were asked to learn the words as much as possible. In the recognition phase, following a distraction task, the participants were presented with 40 words read out by eight males. The half of those males was the same as in the study phase, and then they were asked to make old/new decisions or voices and words, respectively, and rate their confidence. In the result, voices for non-word were recognized significantly better than voices for words. Because non-words are more difficult to learn and thus need effort, voices for non-words may be learned better than voices for words. |