ABSTRACT
I am delighted to be here today to honor Al Liberman and talk about speech perception, particularly some findings that I know Al would be happy to hear about, given the theme of the conference: Motor Theory and Modularity. I feel a little awkward in talking to this audience about some of these findings, because I find myself in the rather uncomfortable position of disagreeing with the major conclusions of Al Bregman's talk, on the one hand, and defending A1 Liberman's views about speech, on the other hand. This may seem a little curious to most of you in the audience, since I have always thought of myself as the "quiet" little gadfly off working in my Lab back in Indiana in the heartland of America, far away from Haskins Laboratories and all the day to day excitement that goes on there.
