Modulation of the mismatch negativity (MMN) to vowel duration changes in native speakers of Finnish and German as a result of language experience

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-143

  Kirmse, Ursula ^a   Ylinen, Sari ^b   Tervaniemi, Mari ^b   Vainio, Martti ^b   Schröger, Erich ^a   Jacobsen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross linguistic; ERP; Language experience; Lateralization; MMN; Vowel duration; Vowel quantity; Word stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 38549094579     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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