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Sensorimotor and Working Memory Systems Jointly Support Development of Perceptual Rhythm Processing
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Kim, Hyun-Woong; Lee, Kyung Myun; Lee, Yune Sang – Developmental Science, 2023
We studied the role of sensorimotor and working memory systems in supporting development of perceptual rhythm processing with 119 participants aged 7-12 years. Children were assessed for their abilities in sensorimotor synchronization (SMS; beat tapping), auditory working memory (AWM; digit span), and rhythm discrimination (RD; same/different…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Short Term Memory, Perceptual Development, Decision Making
The Development of Categorical Perception of Mandarin Tones in Four- to Seven-Year-Old Children
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Chen, Fei; Peng, Gang; Yan, Nan; Wang, Lan – Journal of Child Language, 2017
To track the course of development in children's fine-grained perception of Mandarin tones, the present study explored how categorical perception (CP) of Mandarin tones emerges along age among 70 four- to seven-year-old children and 16 adults. Prominent discrimination peaks were found for both the child and the adult groups, and they were well…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Young Children, Adults, Age Differences
A Rapid Assessment of Instructional Strategies to Teach Auditory-Visual Conditional Discriminations to Children with Autism
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Kodak, Tiffany; Clements, Andrea; LeBlanc, Brittany – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013
The purpose of the present investigation was to evaluate a rapid assessment procedure to identify effective instructional strategies to teach auditory-visual conditional discriminations to children diagnosed with autism. We replicated and extended previous rapid skills assessments (Lerman, Vorndran, Addison, & Kuhn, 2004) by evaluating the effects…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Autism, Visual Discrimination, Teaching Methods
Pronunciation in Foreign Language: How to Train? Effects of Different Kinds of Training in Perception and Production of the Italian Consonant / ?/ by Adult German Learners
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Macedonia, Manuela – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
This study investigates the role of perception and sensory motor learning on speech production in L2. Compared to natural language learning, acoustic input in formal adult instruction is deprived of multiple sensory motor cues and lacks the imitation component. Consequently, it is possible that inaccurate pronunciation results from training.…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, German, Sensory Integration, Perceptual Development
Distributional Phonetic Learning at 10 Months of Age
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Yoshida, Katherine A.; Pons, Ferran; Maye, Jessica; Werker, Janet F. – Infancy, 2010
Infant phonetic perception reorganizes in accordance with the native language by 10 months of age. One mechanism that may underlie this perceptual change is distributional learning, a statistical analysis of the distributional frequency of speech sounds. Previous distributional learning studies have tested infants of 6-8 months, an age at which…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Phonetics, Toddlers, Infants
Chinese and English Infants' Tone Perception: Evidence for Perceptual Reorganization
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Mattock, Karen; Burnham, Denis – Infancy, 2006
Over half the world's population speaks a tone language, yet infant speech perception research has typically focused on consonants and vowels. Very young infants can discriminate a wide range of native and nonnative consonants and vowels, and then in a process of "perceptual reorganization" over the 1st year, discrimination of most…
Descriptors: Tone Languages, Infants, Chinese, English