Segmental properties of speech can convey sound symbolic meaning. This study presents two novel sound-meaning mappings using a choice reaction time paradigm in which participants have to select quickly one the vocal response alternatives based on predefined categories perceptual magnitude. The first showed that short distance between perceived objects facilitates initiation vowel [i] production...

Qualitative interaction (Peto, 1]) is a useful concept, but its practical value is limited because its presence is hard to detect. This diiculty arises from trying to detect a treatment eeect of opposite direction to the main eeect in a small number of subgroups. Simulation results are presented which reinforce this point. A new measure of interaction magnitude, IM, is introduced and proposed a...

The purpose of this paper is the calculation of Unbalanced Magnetic Force (UMF) in permanent magnet brushless DC (PMBLDC) machines with diametrically asymmetric winding and investigation of UMF variations in the presence of phase advance angle. This paper presents an analytical model of UMF in surface mounted PMBLDC machines that have a fractional ratio of slot number to pole number. This model...