Observed effects of distributional learning may not relate to the number of peaks. A test of dispersion as a confounding factor.

Distributional learning of speech sounds is learning from simply being exposed to frequency distributions of speech sounds in one’s surroundings. In laboratory settings, the mechanism has been reported to be discernible already after a few minutes of exposure, in both infants and adults. These effec...

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Main Authors: Karin eWanrooij, Paul eBoersma, Titia eBenders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01341/full