Effect of delayed channel on the perception of dichotically presented speech and nonspeech sound

1975 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 884-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Porter
Keyword(s):  
Nonspeech Sound

Effect of preceding speech on nonspeech sound perception

2002 ◽  
Vol 111 (5) ◽  
pp. 2431
Author(s):  
Joseph D. Stephens ◽  
Lori L. Holt
Keyword(s):  
Sound Perception ◽  
Nonspeech Sound

Impairments in speech and nonspeech sound categorization in children with dyslexia are driven by temporal processing difficulties

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 593-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maaike Vandermosten ◽  
Bart Boets ◽  
Heleen Luts ◽  
Hanne Poelmans ◽  
Jan Wouters ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Nonspeech Sound

Abnormal Auditory Cortical Activation in Dyslexia 100 msec after Speech Onset

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Päivi Helenius ◽  
Riitta Salmelin ◽  
Ulla Richardson ◽  
Seija Leinonen ◽  
Heikki Lyytinen
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Cortex ◽  
Temporal Pattern ◽  
Reading Difficulties ◽  
Cortical Activation ◽  
Speech Sounds ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Nonspeech Sound ◽  
Nonspeech Sounds ◽  
Abnormal Response ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Reading difficulties are associated with problems in processing and manipulating speech sounds. Dyslexic individuals seem to have, for instance, difficulties in perceiving the length and identity of consonants. Using magnetoencephalography (MEG), we characterized the spatio-temporal pattern of auditory cortical activation in dyslexia evoked by three types of natural bisyllabic pseudowords (/ata/, /atta/, and /a a/), complex nonspeech sound pairs (corresponding to /atta/ and /a a/) and simple 1-kHz tones. The most robust difference between dyslexic and non-reading-impaired adults was seen in the left supratemporal auditory cortex 100 msec after the onset of the vowel /a/. This N100m response was abnormally strong in dyslexic individuals. For the complex nonspeech sounds and tone, the N100m response amplitudes were similar in dyslexic and nonimpaired individuals. The responses evoked by syllable /ta/ of the pseudoword /atta/ also showed modest latency differences between the two subject groups. The responses evoked by the corresponding nonspeech sounds did not differ between the two subject groups. Further, when the initial formant transition, that is, the consonant, was removed from the syllable /ta/, the N100m latency was normal in dyslexic individuals. Thus, it appears that dyslexia is reflected as abnormal activation of the auditory cortex already 100 msec after speech onset, manifested as abnormal response strengths for natural speech and as delays for speech sounds containing rapid frequency transition. These differences between the dyslexic and nonimpaired individuals also imply that the N100m response codes stimulus-specific features likely to be critical for speech perception. Which features of speech (or nonspeech stimuli) are critical in eliciting the abnormally strong N100m response in dyslexic individuals should be resolved in future studies.

scholarly journals Role of the striatum in incidental learning of sound categories

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (10) ◽  
pp. 4671-4680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Joo Lim ◽  
Julie A. Fiez ◽  
Lori L. Holt
Keyword(s):  
Category Learning ◽  
Incidental Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Nonspeech Sound ◽  
Sound Category ◽  
First Year Of Life ◽  
Category Exemplars ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Explicit Feedback

Humans are born as “universal listeners” without a bias toward any particular language. However, over the first year of life, infants’ perception is shaped by learning native speech categories. Acoustically different sounds—such as the same word produced by different speakers—come to be treated as functionally equivalent. In natural environments, these categories often emerge incidentally without overt categorization or explicit feedback. However, the neural substrates of category learning have been investigated almost exclusively using overt categorization tasks with explicit feedback about categorization decisions. Here, we examined whether the striatum, previously implicated in category learning, contributes to incidental acquisition of sound categories. In the fMRI scanner, participants played a videogame in which sound category exemplars aligned with game actions and events, allowing sound categories to incidentally support successful game play. An experimental group heard nonspeech sound exemplars drawn from coherent category spaces, whereas a control group heard acoustically similar sounds drawn from a less structured space. Although the groups exhibited similar in-game performance, generalization of sound category learning and activation of the posterior striatum were significantly greater in the experimental than control group. Moreover, the experimental group showed brain–behavior relationships related to the generalization of all categories, while in the control group these relationships were restricted to the categories with structured sound distributions. Together, these results demonstrate that the striatum, through its interactions with the left superior temporal sulcus, contributes to incidental acquisition of sound category representations emerging from naturalistic learning environments.

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