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Type: | Conference paper |
Title: | Musicians are better at learning non-native sound contrasts even in non-tonal languages |
Author: | Perfors, A. Ong, J. |
Citation: | Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World: Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, held in Sapporo, Japan, 1-4 August, 2012 / N. Miyake, D. Peebles and R.P. Cooper (eds.): pp.839-844 |
Publisher: | Cognitive Science Society |
Publisher Place: | USA |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISBN: | 9780976831884 |
Conference Name: | Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (34th : 2012 : Sapporo, Japan) |
Statement of Responsibility: | Amy Perfors and Jia Hoong Ong |
Abstract: | It is very difficult for adults to perceive phonetic contrasts in their non-native language. In this study we explored the effects of phonetic training for different populations of people (musicians and non-musicians)and with different kinds of phoneme contrast (timing-based, like the Hindi /g/-/k/ contrast, and pitch-based, like the Mandarin /l/-/l/ tonal contrast). We found that musicians had superior perception for both contrasts, not just the pitch-based one. For both phonemes, training had little to no effect. We consider the implications of this for first and second language acquisition. |
Keywords: | Phonetic learning music perception language acquisition |
Rights: | Copyright status unknown |
Published version: | http://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2012/papers/0154/index.html |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Psychology publications |
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