A novel form of perceptual attunement: context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infants

By the end of their first year of life, infants have become experts in discriminating the sounds of their native language, while they have lost the ability to discriminate non-native contrasts. This type of phonetic learning is referred to as perceptual attunement. In the present study, we investiga...

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Autores: Fort, Mathilde, Brusini, Perrine, Carbajal, M. Julia, Sun, Yue, Peperkamp, Sharon
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Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
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Palavra-chave:Perceptual attunement
Voicing assimilation
Phonetic learning
Electroencephalography
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spelling A novel form of perceptual attunement: context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infantsFort, MathildeBrusini, PerrineCarbajal, M. JuliaSun, YuePeperkamp, SharonPerceptual attunementVoicing assimilationPhonetic learningElectroencephalographyBy the end of their first year of life, infants have become experts in discriminating the sounds of their native language, while they have lost the ability to discriminate non-native contrasts. This type of phonetic learning is referred to as perceptual attunement. In the present study, we investigated the emergence of a context-dependent form of perceptual attunement in infancy. Indeed, some native contrasts are not discriminated in certain phonological contexts by adults, due to the presence of a language-specific process that neutralizes the contrasts in those contexts. We used a mismatch design and recorded high-density Electroencephalography (EEG) in French-learning 14-month-olds. Our results show that similarly to French adults, infants fail to discriminate a native voicing contrast (e.g., [f] vs. [v]) when it occurs in a specific phonological context (e.g. [ofbe] vs. [ovbe], no mismatch response), while they successfully detected it in other phonological contexts (e.g., [ofne] vs. [ovne], mismatch response). The present results demonstrate for the first time that by the age of 14 months, infants’ phonetic learning does not only rely on the processing of individual sounds, but also takes into account in a language-specific manner the phonological contexts in which these sounds occur.Elsevier202320232017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/58585http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2017.04.006reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 2017 Aug;26:45-51This article is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license and permits non-commercial use of the work as published, without adaptation or alteration provided the work is fully attributed.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/585852026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A novel form of perceptual attunement: context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infants
title A novel form of perceptual attunement: context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infants
spellingShingle A novel form of perceptual attunement: context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infants
Fort, Mathilde
Perceptual attunement
Voicing assimilation
Phonetic learning
Electroencephalography
title_short A novel form of perceptual attunement: context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infants
title_full A novel form of perceptual attunement: context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infants
title_fullStr A novel form of perceptual attunement: context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infants
title_full_unstemmed A novel form of perceptual attunement: context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infants
title_sort A novel form of perceptual attunement: context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infants
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fort, Mathilde
Brusini, Perrine
Carbajal, M. Julia
Sun, Yue
Peperkamp, Sharon
author Fort, Mathilde
author_facet Fort, Mathilde
Brusini, Perrine
Carbajal, M. Julia
Sun, Yue
Peperkamp, Sharon
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Carbajal, M. Julia
Sun, Yue
Peperkamp, Sharon
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Perceptual attunement
Voicing assimilation
Phonetic learning
Electroencephalography
topic Perceptual attunement
Voicing assimilation
Phonetic learning
Electroencephalography
description By the end of their first year of life, infants have become experts in discriminating the sounds of their native language, while they have lost the ability to discriminate non-native contrasts. This type of phonetic learning is referred to as perceptual attunement. In the present study, we investigated the emergence of a context-dependent form of perceptual attunement in infancy. Indeed, some native contrasts are not discriminated in certain phonological contexts by adults, due to the presence of a language-specific process that neutralizes the contrasts in those contexts. We used a mismatch design and recorded high-density Electroencephalography (EEG) in French-learning 14-month-olds. Our results show that similarly to French adults, infants fail to discriminate a native voicing contrast (e.g., [f] vs. [v]) when it occurs in a specific phonological context (e.g. [ofbe] vs. [ovbe], no mismatch response), while they successfully detected it in other phonological contexts (e.g., [ofne] vs. [ovne], mismatch response). The present results demonstrate for the first time that by the age of 14 months, infants’ phonetic learning does not only rely on the processing of individual sounds, but also takes into account in a language-specific manner the phonological contexts in which these sounds occur.
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