Musical expertise and foreign speech perception.
Musical expertise and foreign speech perception.
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DOI：
10.3389/fnsys.2013.00084
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
Besson M
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作者：
Martínez-Montes E;Hernández-Pérez H;Chobert J;Morgado-Rodríguez L;Suárez-Murias C;Valdés-Sosa PA;Besson M
本实验的目的是探讨音乐专长对外语音节和和声自动知觉的影响。参加者都是古巴学生，他们在音乐或视觉艺术方面具有很高的专门知识，具有相同的普通教育水平和社会经济背景。我们使用了多特征失配负性（MMN）设计，其具有汉语普通话或和声中的音节序列，两者都包括音高轮廓、持续时间和语音起始时间（VOT）或等同物中的偏离者，这些偏离者远离（大偏离者）或接近（小偏离者）标准。对于普通话音节和和声，结果是明确的，在音乐家比视觉艺术家更大的MMN到音高轮廓偏差。结果不太清楚的持续时间和VOT偏差，可能是因为刺激的具体特点。结果被解释为反映语音和非语音的音高轮廓的类似处理。这些结果的影响，理解从童年到成年的强烈的音乐训练和遗传倾向的音乐对外语的感知的影响进行了讨论。
The aim of this experiment was to investigate the influence of musical expertise on the automatic perception of foreign syllables and harmonic sounds. Participants were Cuban students with high level of expertise in music or in visual arts and with the same level of general education and socio-economic background. We used a multi-feature Mismatch Negativity (MMN) design with sequences of either syllables in Mandarin Chinese or harmonic sounds, both comprising deviants in pitch contour, duration and Voice Onset Time (VOT) or equivalent that were either far from (Large deviants) or close to (Small deviants) the standard. For both Mandarin syllables and harmonic sounds, results were clear-cut in showing larger MMNs to pitch contour deviants in musicians than in visual artists. Results were less clear for duration and VOT deviants, possibly because of the specific characteristics of the stimuli. Results are interpreted as reflecting similar processing of pitch contour in speech and non-speech sounds. The implications of these results for understanding the influence of intense musical training from childhood to adulthood and of genetic predispositions for music on foreign language perception are discussed.