ERIC Number: EJ1344598
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-May
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
EISSN: EISSN-1558-9102
Effects of Psychoacoustic Training on the Pre-Attentive Processing of Harmonic Sounds and Syllables
Frey, Aline; Barbaroux, Mylène; Dittinger, Eva; Besson, Mireille
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v65 n5 p2003-2015 May 2022
Purpose: This article aimed at investigating the neural underpinnings of music-to-language transfer effects at the pre-attentive level of processing. Method: We conducted a longitudinal experiment with a test-training-retest procedure. Non-musician adults were trained either on frequency (experimental group) or on intensity (control group) of harmonic tones using methods from psychophysics. Pre- and post-training, we recorded brain electrical activity and we analyzed the mismatch negativity (MMN) and the P3a component both to harmonic complex sounds and to syllables varying in frequency. Results: Frequency training influenced the pre-attentive perception of pitch for large harmonic deviant sounds but not for syllables. Conclusion: Results are discussed in terms of near and far transfer effects from psychoacoustic training to pre-attentive pitch processing and as possibly showing some limits to transfer effects.
Descriptors: Acoustics, Auditory Perception, Music, Brain, Training, Intonation, Syllables, Language Processing, Adults
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Language: English
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