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Title: | Neural responses in novice learners’ perceptual learning and generalization of lexical tones : the effect of training variability | Authors: | Qin, Z Gong, M Zhang, C |
Issue Date: | Dec-2021 | Source: | Brain and language, Dec. 2021, v. 223, 105029 | Abstract: | The acoustics of lexical tones are highly variable across talkers, and require second-language (L2) learners’ flexibility in accommodating talker-specific tonal variations for successful learning. This study investigated how tone training with high vs. low talker-variability modulated novice learners’ neural responses to non-native tones. A passive oddball paradigm tested Mandarin-speaking participants’ neural responses to Cantonese low–high and low-mid tonal contrasts in the pretest and posttest. Participants were trained using a tone identification task with feedback, either with high or low talker-variability. The results of mismatch negativity (MMN) showed no group difference in the pretest whereas the high-variability group demonstrated greater neural sensitivity to the low–high tonal contrast produced by a novel talker and a trained talker in the posttest. The finding provides (tentative) novel evidence that training variability may benefit perceptual learning of the relatively easy tone pair and facilitate the formation of talker-independent representations of non-native tones by novice learners. | Keywords: | Cantonese level tones Late discrimination negativity Mismatch negativity Perceptual learning Talker generalization Training variability |
Publisher: | Elsevier | Journal: | Brain and language | ISSN: | 0093-934X | EISSN: | 1090-2155 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.bandl.2021.105029 | Rights: | © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. © 2021. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The following publication Qin, Z., Gong, M., & Zhang, C. (2021). Neural responses in novice learners’ perceptual learning and generalization of lexical tones: The effect of training variability. Brain and Language, 223, 105029 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2021.105029. |
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