An Ear for Language: Sensitivity to Fast Amplitude Rise Times Predicts Novel Vocabulary Learning

Autor/inn/en	Marecka, Marta; Fosker, Tim; Szewczyk, Jakub; Kalamala, Patrycja; Wodniecka, Zofia
Titel	An Ear for Language: Sensitivity to Fast Amplitude Rise Times Predicts Novel Vocabulary Learning
Quelle	In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 42 (2020) 5, S.987-1014 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Marecka, Marta) ORCID (Fosker, Tim) ORCID (Szewczyk, Jakub) ORCID (Kalamala, Patrycja) ORCID (Wodniecka, Zofia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-2631
DOI	10.1017/S0272263120000157
Schlagwörter	Auditory Perception; Cues; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Vocabulary Development; Adults; Polish; Pictorial Stimuli; Accuracy; Reaction Time; Learning Processes; Second Language Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Stichwort; Wortschatzarbeit; Polnisch; Fantasieanregung; Reaktionsvermögen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	This study tested whether individual sensitivity to an auditory perceptual cue called amplitude rise time (ART) facilitates novel word learning. Forty adult native speakers of Polish performed a perceptual task testing their sensitivity to ART, learned associations between nonwords and pictures of common objects, and were subsequently tested on their knowledge with a picture recognition (PR) task. In the PR task participants heard each nonword, followed either by a congruent or incongruent picture, and had to assess if the picture matched the nonword. Word learning efficiency was measured by accuracy and reaction time on the PR task and modulation of the N300 ERP. As predicted, participants with greater sensitivity to ART showed better performance in PR suggesting that auditory sensitivity indeed facilitates learning of novel words. Contrary to expectations, the N300 was not modulated by sensitivity to ART suggesting that the behavioral and ERP measures reflect different underlying processes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01