Native and non-native speech sound processing and the neural mismatch responses: A longitudinal study on classroom-based foreign language learning

Jost, Lea B; Eberhard-Moscicka, Aleksandra K; Pleisch, Georgette; Heusser, Veronica; Brandeis, Daniel; Zevin, Jason D; Maurer, Urs

doi:10.5167/uzh-121012

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Jost, L. B., Eberhard-Moscicka, A. K., Pleisch, G., Heusser, V., Brandeis, D., Zevin, J. D., & Maurer, U. (2015). Native and non-native speech sound processing and the neural mismatch responses: A longitudinal study on classroom-based foreign language learning. Neuropsychologia, 72, 94–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.04.029

Abstract

Learning a foreign language in a natural immersion context with high exposure to the new language has been shown to change the way speech sounds of that language are processed at the neural level. It remains unclear, however, to what extent this is also the case for classroom-based foreign language learning, particularly in children. To this end, we presented a mismatch negativity (MMN) experiment during EEG recordings as part of a longitudinal developmental study: 38 monolingual (Swiss-) German speaking children (7.5 years) were test