Abstract
A memory experiment was executed with manipulating the harmonization between word meaning and voice quality of synthetic speech, which was consisted with the learning and the test phases. The auditory word-fragment completion task (WFC) was used as implicit memory test, while recognition test were used as explicit memory of words. Three factors, all of which were within-participant factors were manipulated; learning (with/without), harmonization between word meaning and voice quality (harmonized/non-harmonized), and voice quality in the learning and test phase (same/different=neutral). The results of the WFC task showed that the auditory perception of neutral voice was higher than others, however, access to the word in lexicon was facilitated when voice quality cues was the same, only in the harmonization condition. The harmonization between words meaning and voice quality had varying impacts on implicit and explicit memory, which may be reflecting the different patterns of interactions between linguistic and non-linguistic information.
