Distributional vowel training is less effective for adults than for infants. A study using the mismatch response.

Distributional learning of speech sounds (i.e., learning from simple exposure to frequency distributions of speech sounds in the environment) has been observed in the lab repeatedly in both infants and adults. The current study is the first attempt to examine whether the capacity for using the mecha...

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Main Authors: Karin Wanrooij, Paul Boersma, Titia L van Zuijen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4188590?pdf=render