Differential Neural Contributions to Native- and Foreign-Language Talker Identification

Autor/inn/en	Perrachione, Tyler K.; Pierrehumbert, Janet B.; Wong, Patrick C. M.
Titel	Differential Neural Contributions to Native- and Foreign-Language Talker Identification
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35 (2009) 6, S.1950-1960 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
DOI	10.1037/a0015869
Schlagwörter	Identification; Auditory Perception; Familiarity; Native Speakers; Second Languages; Brain Hemisphere Functions; North American English; Mandarin Chinese + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Identifikation; Identifizierung; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Muttersprachler; Second language; Zweitsprache; Amerikanisches Englisch
Abstract	Humans are remarkably adept at identifying individuals by the sound of their voice, a behavior supported by the nervous system's ability to integrate information from voice and speech perception. Talker-identification abilities are significantly impaired when listeners are unfamiliar with the language being spoken. Recent behavioral studies describing the language-familiarity effect implicate functionally integrated neural systems for speech and voice perception, yet specific neuroscientific evidence demonstrating the basis for such integration has not yet been shown. Listeners in the present study learned to identify voices speaking a familiar (native) or unfamiliar (foreign) language. The talker-identification performance of neural circuitry in each cerebral hemisphere was assessed using dichotic listening. To determine the relative contribution of circuitry in each hemisphere to ecological (binaural) talker identification abilities, we compared the predictive capacity of dichotic performance on binaural performance across languages. Listeners' right-ear (left hemisphere) performance was a better predictor of binaural accuracy in their native language than a foreign one. This enhanced role of the classically language-dominant left hemisphere in listeners' native language demonstrates functionally integrated neural systems for speech and voice perception during talker identification. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10