This three-dimensional model of the vocal tract permits researchers to replicate MRI images of actual speakers and has been used to study the relation between speech production and perception.
Louis Goldstein received his undergraduate degree from Brandeis University and his Ph.D. in linguistics from UCLA in 1977.
Research includes the analysis of infant and child behavior and modeling the growth of phonological structure through the interaction of computational agents.
Cross-language empirical studies attempt to find the modes that can occur human languages.
Theoretical work attempts to understand these modes and their variability from the perspective of the dynamics of coupled oscillators.