1. Second-language phoneme learning positively relates to voice recognition abilities in the native language: Evidence from behavior and brain potentials
- Author
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Begoña Díaz, Gaël Cordero, Joyce Hoogendoorn, and Nuria Sebastian-Galles
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Segona llengua ,Variabilitat individual ,event-relate potentials ,Reconocimiento de voz ,Voice recognition ,Aprendizaje de fonemas ,Individual variability ,Aprenentatge de fonemes ,159.9 ,Potenciales relacionados con eventos ,Potencials relacionats amb esdeveniments ,Variabilidad individual ,Phoneme learning ,Reconeixement de veu ,Segundo idioma ,Second-language ,General Psychology ,Event-related potentials - Abstract
Previous studies suggest a relationship between second-language learning and voice recognition processes, but the nature of such relation remains poorly understood. The present study investigates whether phoneme learning relates to voice recognition. A group of bilinguals that varied in their discrimination of a second-language phoneme contrast participated in this study. We assessed participants’ voice recognition skills in their native language at the behavioral and brain electrophysiological levels during a voice-avatar learning paradigm. Second-language phoneme discrimination positively correlated with behavioral and brain measures of voice recognition. At the electrophysiological level, correlations were present at two time windows and are interpreted within the dual-process model of recognition memory. The results are relevant to understanding the processes involved in language learning as they show a common variability for second-language phoneme and voice recognition processes. This research was supported by grants from the Spanish Government (PID2019-106924GA-I00 and PID2021-123416NB-I00 financed by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER, UE), the Catalan Government (SGR 2017-268 and ICREA [Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies] Academia 2019 award), and an Universitat Internacional de Catalunya PhD grant.
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- 2022