Enhanced syllable discrimination thresholds in musicians.

Speech processing inherently relies on the perception of specific, rapidly changing spectral and temporal acoustic features. Advanced acoustic perception is also integral to musical expertise, and accordingly several studies have demonstrated a significant relationship between musical training and s...

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Autores principales:	Jennifer Zuk, Ola Ozernov-Palchik, Heesoo Kim, Kala Lakshminarayanan, John D E Gabrieli, Paula Tallal, Nadine Gaab
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5b8287bb0fd2422f83dfe2dad686648a2021-11-18T08:43:24ZEnhanced syllable discrimination thresholds in musicians.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0080546https://doaj.org/article/5b8287bb0fd2422f83dfe2dad686648a2013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24339875/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Speech processing inherently relies on the perception of specific, rapidly changing spectral and temporal acoustic features. Advanced acoustic perception is also integral to musical expertise, and accordingly several studies have demonstrated a significant relationship between musical training and superior processing of various aspects of speech. Speech and music appear to overlap in spectral and temporal features; however, it remains unclear which of these acoustic features, crucial for speech processing, are most closely associated with musical training. The present study examined the perceptual acuity of musicians to the acoustic components of speech necessary for intra-phonemic discrimination of synthetic syllables. We compared musicians and non-musicians on discrimination thresholds of three synthetic speech syllable continua that varied in their spectral and temporal discrimination demands, specifically voice onset time (VOT) and amplitude envelope cues in the temporal domain. Musicians demonstrated superior discrimination only for syllables that required resolution of temporal cues. Furthermore, performance on the temporal syllable continua positively correlated with the length and intensity of musical training. These findings support one potential mechanism by which musical training may selectively enhance speech perception, namely by reinforcing temporal acuity and/or perception of amplitude rise time, and implications for the translation of musical training to long-term linguistic abilities.Jennifer ZukOla Ozernov-PalchikHeesoo KimKala LakshminarayananJohn D E GabrieliPaula TallalNadine GaabPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 12, p e80546 (2013)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Jennifer Zuk Ola Ozernov-Palchik Heesoo Kim Kala Lakshminarayanan John D E Gabrieli Paula Tallal Nadine Gaab Enhanced syllable discrimination thresholds in musicians.
description	Speech processing inherently relies on the perception of specific, rapidly changing spectral and temporal acoustic features. Advanced acoustic perception is also integral to musical expertise, and accordingly several studies have demonstrated a significant relationship between musical training and superior processing of various aspects of speech. Speech and music appear to overlap in spectral and temporal features; however, it remains unclear which of these acoustic features, crucial for speech processing, are most closely associated with musical training. The present study examined the perceptual acuity of musicians to the acoustic components of speech necessary for intra-phonemic discrimination of synthetic syllables. We compared musicians and non-musicians on discrimination thresholds of three synthetic speech syllable continua that varied in their spectral and temporal discrimination demands, specifically voice onset time (VOT) and amplitude envelope cues in the temporal domain. Musicians demonstrated superior discrimination only for syllables that required resolution of temporal cues. Furthermore, performance on the temporal syllable continua positively correlated with the length and intensity of musical training. These findings support one potential mechanism by which musical training may selectively enhance speech perception, namely by reinforcing temporal acuity and/or perception of amplitude rise time, and implications for the translation of musical training to long-term linguistic abilities.
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author	Jennifer Zuk Ola Ozernov-Palchik Heesoo Kim Kala Lakshminarayanan John D E Gabrieli Paula Tallal Nadine Gaab
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title	Enhanced syllable discrimination thresholds in musicians.
title_short	Enhanced syllable discrimination thresholds in musicians.
title_full	Enhanced syllable discrimination thresholds in musicians.
title_fullStr	Enhanced syllable discrimination thresholds in musicians.
title_full_unstemmed	Enhanced syllable discrimination thresholds in musicians.
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Enhanced syllable discrimination thresholds in musicians.

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