Carol Fowler
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Carol A. Fowler is an American experimental psychologist. She was a former President and Director of Research at Haskins Laboratories
in New Haven, Connecticut
from 1992 to 2008. She is also a Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut
and an Adjunct Professor of Linguistics and Psychology at Yale University
. She received her undergraduate degree from Brown University
in 1971 and her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Connecticut
in 1977. She is best known for her direct realist approach to speech perception
. She has also done extensive research on the relationship between speech perception and speech production, and on imitation
. In her research, she has found that language has enabled us to communicate and express ourselves via manual gestures, facial expressions, eye gaze, and etc. Listeners understand language in two ways: they use the environment to promote expressions and show self-organization which helps to understand the language. The use of language is related to the environment in the sense that speakers use deictic points, manual or vocal .
Haskins Laboratories
Haskins Laboratories is an independent, international, multidisciplinary community of researchers conducting basic research on spoken and written language. Founded in 1935 and located in New Haven, Connecticut since 1970, Haskins Laboratories is a private, non-profit research institute with a...
in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
from 1992 to 2008. She is also a Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
and an Adjunct Professor of Linguistics and Psychology at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. She received her undergraduate degree from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
in 1971 and her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
in 1977. She is best known for her direct realist approach to speech perception
Speech perception
Speech perception is the process by which the sounds of language are heard, interpreted and understood. The study of speech perception is closely linked to the fields of phonetics and phonology in linguistics and cognitive psychology and perception in psychology...
. She has also done extensive research on the relationship between speech perception and speech production, and on imitation
Imitation
Imitation is an advanced behavior whereby an individual observes and replicates another's. The word can be applied in many contexts, ranging from animal training to international politics.-Anthropology and social sciences:...
. In her research, she has found that language has enabled us to communicate and express ourselves via manual gestures, facial expressions, eye gaze, and etc. Listeners understand language in two ways: they use the environment to promote expressions and show self-organization which helps to understand the language. The use of language is related to the environment in the sense that speakers use deictic points, manual or vocal .
Representative publications
- Fowler, C. A., Rubin, P. E., Remez, R. E., & Turvey, M. T. (1980). Implications for speech production of a general theory of action. In B. Butterworth (Ed.), Language Production, Vol. I: Speech and Talk (pp. 373–420). New York: Academic Press.
- Fowler, C. A., Galantucci, B. and Saltzman, E. (2003). Motor theories of perception. In M. Arbib (Ed.) The handbook of brain theory and neural networks. (pp. 705–707) Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
- Fowler, C. A. (2003). Speech production and perception. In A. Healy and R. Proctor (eds.). Handbook of psychology, Vol. 4: Experimental Psychology. (pp. 237–266) New York: John Wiley & Sons.
- Goldstein, L. and Fowler, C. A. (2003). Articulatory phonology: A phonology for public language use. In N. O. Schiller and A. Meyer (eds) Phonetics and Phonology in Language Comprehension and Production: Differences and Similarities. (pp. 159–207) Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.