Does age affect perception of the Speech-to-Song Illusion?

The Speech-to-Song Illusion is an auditory illusion that occurs when a spoken phrase is repeatedly presented. After several presentations, listeners report that the phrase seems to be sung rather than spoken. Previous work [1] indicates that the mechanisms-priming, activation, and satiation-found in...

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Main Authors: Hollie A C Mullin, Evan A Norkey, Anisha Kodwani, Michael S Vitevitch, Nichol Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250042
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spelling doaj-7f83276517784db5a6c88ec7d1467b472021-05-05T04:31:31ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-01164e025004210.1371/journal.pone.0250042Does age affect perception of the Speech-to-Song Illusion?Hollie A C MullinEvan A NorkeyAnisha KodwaniMichael S VitevitchNichol CastroThe Speech-to-Song Illusion is an auditory illusion that occurs when a spoken phrase is repeatedly presented. After several presentations, listeners report that the phrase seems to be sung rather than spoken. Previous work [1] indicates that the mechanisms-priming, activation, and satiation-found in the language processing model, Node Structure Theory (NST), may account for the Speech-to-Song Illusion. NST also accounts for other language-related phenomena, including increased experiences in older adults of the tip-of-the-tongue state (where you know a word, but can't retrieve it). Based on the mechanism in NST used to account for the age-related increase in the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, we predicted that older adults may be less likely to experience the Speech-to-Song Illusion than younger adults. Adults of a wide range of ages heard a stimulus known to evoke the Speech-to-Song Illusion. Then, they were asked to indicate if they experienced the illusion or not (Study 1), to respond using a 5-point song-likeness rating scale (Study 2), or to indicate when the percept changed from speech to song (Study 3). The results of these studies suggest that the illusion is experienced with similar frequency and strength, and after the same number of repetitions by adult listeners regardless of age.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250042
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Evan A Norkey
Anisha Kodwani
Michael S Vitevitch
Nichol Castro
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Anisha Kodwani
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Does age affect perception of the Speech-to-Song Illusion?
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Anisha Kodwani
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title Does age affect perception of the Speech-to-Song Illusion?
title_short Does age affect perception of the Speech-to-Song Illusion?
title_full Does age affect perception of the Speech-to-Song Illusion?
title_fullStr Does age affect perception of the Speech-to-Song Illusion?
title_full_unstemmed Does age affect perception of the Speech-to-Song Illusion?
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publishDate 2021-01-01
description The Speech-to-Song Illusion is an auditory illusion that occurs when a spoken phrase is repeatedly presented. After several presentations, listeners report that the phrase seems to be sung rather than spoken. Previous work [1] indicates that the mechanisms-priming, activation, and satiation-found in the language processing model, Node Structure Theory (NST), may account for the Speech-to-Song Illusion. NST also accounts for other language-related phenomena, including increased experiences in older adults of the tip-of-the-tongue state (where you know a word, but can't retrieve it). Based on the mechanism in NST used to account for the age-related increase in the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, we predicted that older adults may be less likely to experience the Speech-to-Song Illusion than younger adults. Adults of a wide range of ages heard a stimulus known to evoke the Speech-to-Song Illusion. Then, they were asked to indicate if they experienced the illusion or not (Study 1), to respond using a 5-point song-likeness rating scale (Study 2), or to indicate when the percept changed from speech to song (Study 3). The results of these studies suggest that the illusion is experienced with similar frequency and strength, and after the same number of repetitions by adult listeners regardless of age.
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