Mismatch negativity indicates vowel discrimination in newborns
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The present study shows that an infrequent vowel ('deviant') presented among frequent vowels ('standard') elicits in sleeping human newborns a negativity in the auditory event-related potential (ERP) resembling the mismatch negativity (MMN) recorded in adults. Thus, the MMN appears to provide means to investigate brain mechanisms of vowel perception in infants.
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At 12 months of age, the MMN exists only for native language contrasts.
“At 12 months of age, the MMN exists only for native language contrasts (73).”
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- Authors
- Cheour-Luhtanen, M., Alho, K., Kujala, T., Sainio, K., Reinikainen, K., Renlund, M., Aaltonen, O., Eerola, O., & Näätänen, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Turku (FI)
- Venue
- Hearing Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1995-01
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 53-58
- ISSN
- 0378-5955 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2021918822
- Cited by
- 237
- References
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- FWCI
- 3.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Hearing Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Keywords
- mismatch negativity, vowel discrimination, neonates, auditory event-related potentials, vowel perception, sleep, deviance detection
- MeSH terms
- Acoustic Stimulation, Analysis of Variance, Auditory Cortex, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Sleep, Speech Perception
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