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Native Language Experience Influences the Topography of the Mismatch Negativity to Speech

The ability to learn second language speech sound categories declines during development. We examined this phenomenon by studying the mismatch negativity (MMN) to the /r/ – /l/ distinction in native English speakers and learners of English as a second language who are native speakers of Japanese. Pr...

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Autores principales: Zevin, Jason D., Datta, Hia, Maurer, Urs, Rosania, Kara A., McCandliss, Bruce D.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3024563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21267425
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00212
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author Zevin, Jason D.
Datta, Hia
Maurer, Urs
Rosania, Kara A.
McCandliss, Bruce D.
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description The ability to learn second language speech sound categories declines during development. We examined this phenomenon by studying the mismatch negativity (MMN) to the /r/ – /l/ distinction in native English speakers and learners of English as a second language who are native speakers of Japanese. Previous studies have suggested that the MMN is remarkably plastic when evaluated as a waveform at a central electrode. We replicated this finding: analyses of the MMN at a typical electrode location (Fz) revealed only small, non-significant differences between groups, despite large behavioral differences in the ability to discriminate these sounds from one another. Topographic analyses, however, revealed reliable differences in lateralization of the MMN, such that native English speakers’ responses were left-lateralized relative to native Japanese speakers’ responses.
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spelling pubmed-30245632011-01-25 Native Language Experience Influences the Topography of the Mismatch Negativity to Speech Zevin, Jason D. Datta, Hia Maurer, Urs Rosania, Kara A. McCandliss, Bruce D. Front Hum Neurosci Neuroscience The ability to learn second language speech sound categories declines during development. We examined this phenomenon by studying the mismatch negativity (MMN) to the /r/ – /l/ distinction in native English speakers and learners of English as a second language who are native speakers of Japanese. Previous studies have suggested that the MMN is remarkably plastic when evaluated as a waveform at a central electrode. We replicated this finding: analyses of the MMN at a typical electrode location (Fz) revealed only small, non-significant differences between groups, despite large behavioral differences in the ability to discriminate these sounds from one another. Topographic analyses, however, revealed reliable differences in lateralization of the MMN, such that native English speakers’ responses were left-lateralized relative to native Japanese speakers’ responses. Frontiers Research Foundation 2010-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3024563/ /pubmed/21267425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00212 Text en Copyright © 2010 Zevin, Datta, Maurer, Rosania and McCandliss. http://www.frontiersin.org/licenseagreement This is an open-access article subject to an exclusive license agreement between the authors and the Frontiers Research Foundation, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited.
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Zevin, Jason D.
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Native Language Experience Influences the Topography of the Mismatch Negativity to Speech
title Native Language Experience Influences the Topography of the Mismatch Negativity to Speech
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title_fullStr Native Language Experience Influences the Topography of the Mismatch Negativity to Speech
title_full_unstemmed Native Language Experience Influences the Topography of the Mismatch Negativity to Speech
title_short Native Language Experience Influences the Topography of the Mismatch Negativity to Speech
title_sort native language experience influences the topography of the mismatch negativity to speech
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3024563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21267425
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00212
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