Individual differences in the discrimination of novel speech sounds: effects of sex, temporal processing, musical and cognitive abilities.
This study examined whether rapid temporal auditory processing, verbal working memory capacity, non-verbal intelligence, executive functioning, musical ability and prior foreign language experience predicted how well native English speakers (N=120) discriminated Norwegian tonal and vowel contrasts a...
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oai:doaj.org-article:83596fefdfda495590fa735f147183e02021-11-18T08:10:04ZIndividual differences in the discrimination of novel speech sounds: effects of sex, temporal processing, musical and cognitive abilities.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0048623https://doaj.org/article/83596fefdfda495590fa735f147183e02012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23139806/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203This study examined whether rapid temporal auditory processing, verbal working memory capacity, non-verbal intelligence, executive functioning, musical ability and prior foreign language experience predicted how well native English speakers (N=120) discriminated Norwegian tonal and vowel contrasts as well as a non-speech analogue of the tonal contrast and a native vowel contrast presented over noise. Results confirmed a male advantage for temporal and tonal processing, and also revealed that temporal processing was associated with both non-verbal intelligence and speech processing. In contrast, effects of musical ability on non-native speech-sound processing and of inhibitory control on vowel discrimination were not mediated by temporal processing. These results suggest that individual differences in non-native speech-sound processing are to some extent determined by temporal auditory processing ability, in which males perform better, but are also determined by a host of other abilities that are deployed flexibly depending on the characteristics of the target sounds.Vera KempeJohn C ThoresenNeil W KirkFelix SchaefflerPatricia J BrooksPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 11, p e48623 (2012) |
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This study examined whether rapid temporal auditory processing, verbal working memory capacity, non-verbal intelligence, executive functioning, musical ability and prior foreign language experience predicted how well native English speakers (N=120) discriminated Norwegian tonal and vowel contrasts as well as a non-speech analogue of the tonal contrast and a native vowel contrast presented over noise. Results confirmed a male advantage for temporal and tonal processing, and also revealed that temporal processing was associated with both non-verbal intelligence and speech processing. In contrast, effects of musical ability on non-native speech-sound processing and of inhibitory control on vowel discrimination were not mediated by temporal processing. These results suggest that individual differences in non-native speech-sound processing are to some extent determined by temporal auditory processing ability, in which males perform better, but are also determined by a host of other abilities that are deployed flexibly depending on the characteristics of the target sounds. |
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Individual differences in the discrimination of novel speech sounds: effects of sex, temporal processing, musical and cognitive abilities. |
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Individual differences in the discrimination of novel speech sounds: effects of sex, temporal processing, musical and cognitive abilities. |
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Individual differences in the discrimination of novel speech sounds: effects of sex, temporal processing, musical and cognitive abilities. |
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Individual differences in the discrimination of novel speech sounds: effects of sex, temporal processing, musical and cognitive abilities. |
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Individual differences in the discrimination of novel speech sounds: effects of sex, temporal processing, musical and cognitive abilities. |
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individual differences in the discrimination of novel speech sounds: effects of sex, temporal processing, musical and cognitive abilities. |
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