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Fuhrmeister, Pamela; Phillips, Matthew C.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Myers, Emily B. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2023
Individuals differ in their ability to perceive and learn unfamiliar speech sounds, but we lack a comprehensive theoretical account that predicts individual differences in this skill. Predominant theories largely attribute difficulties of non-native speech perception to the relationships between non-native speech sounds/contrasts and…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Auditory Perception, Individual Differences
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Scharenborg, Odette; Coumans, Juul M. J.; van Hout, Roeland – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
This article investigates 2 questions: (1) does the presence of background noise lead to a differential increase in the number of simultaneously activated candidate words in native and nonnative listening? And (2) do individual differences in listeners' cognitive and linguistic abilities explain the differential effect of background noise on…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Listening Skills