In:
Psychophysiology, Wiley, Vol. 51, No. 11 ( 2014-11), p. 1158-1168
Abstract:
Using a multiple‐deviant oddball paradigm, this study examined second graders' brain responses to C antonese speech. We aimed to address the question of whether a change in a consonant or lexical tone could be automatically detected by children. We measured auditory mismatch responses to place of articulation and voice onset time ( VOT ), reflecting segmental perception, as well as C antonese lexical tones including level tone and contour tone, reflecting suprasegmental perception. The data showed that robust mismatch negativities ( MMNs ) were elicited by all deviants in the time window of 300–500 ms in second graders. Moreover, relative to the standard stimuli, the VOT deviant elicited a robust positive mismatch response, and the level tone deviant elicited a significant MMN in the time window of 150–300 ms. The findings suggest that H ong K ong second graders were sensitive to neural discriminations of speech sounds both at the segmental and suprasegmental levels.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0048-5772
,
1469-8986
DOI:
10.1111/psyp.2014.51.issue-11
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2014
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1484299-3
SSG:
5,2
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