Mismatch negativity (MMN) elicited by changes in phoneme length: A cross-linguistic study

Ylinen, Sari; Шестакова, Анна; Huotilainen, Minna; Alku, Paavo; Näätänen, Risto

doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2005.12.004

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“…Our finding that the mismatch negativity to pitch contours is modulated by long-term experience with Mandarin Chinese tones is in agreement with previous cross-language studies showing that MMN is sensitive to the listeners' native language (Dehaene-Lambertz et al, 2000;Näätänen et al, 1997;Nenonen et al, 2003;Sharma and Dorman, 2000;Tervaniemi et al, 2006;Ylinen et al, 2006). This experience-dependent effect has been shown to encompass all aspects of a language's phonological system, not only the presence or absence of a sound in its phonemic inventory.…”

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“…Early work focused on the presence or absence of specific consonants or vowels, i.e., segmental information, in a language's phonemic inventory (Näätänen et al, 1997;Sharma and Dorman, 2000;Winkler et al, 1999). More recently, experience-dependent effects have been demonstrated for other segmental aspects of phonology including phonotactics (Dehaene-Lambertz et al, 2000), phoneme boundaries (Sharma and Dorman, 1999;Ylinen et al, 2006), and size of phoneme inventories (Hacquard et al, in press). …”

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Mismatch negativity to pitch contours is influenced by language experience

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A cross-language study utilizing the mismatch negativity (MMN) evoked response was conducted to explore the influence of language experience on the preattentive cortical processing of linguistically relevant pitch contours. Chinese and English subjects were presented with Mandarin Chinese tones while the mismatch negativity (MMN) response was elicited using a passive oddball paradigm. Two oddball conditions were constructed with a common deviant, a low falling rising contour tone (T3). One condition consisted of two tones that are acoustically similar to one another (T2/T3: T2, high rising contour=standard). The other condition consisted of two tones that are acoustically dissimilar to one another (T1/T3: T1, high level=standard). These tonal pairs enabled us to assess whether different degrees of similarity between pitch movements exert a differential influence on preattentive pitch processing. Results showed that the mean MMN amplitude of the Chinese group was larger than that of the English group for the T1/T3 condition. No group differences were found for the T2/T3 condition. The mean MMN amplitude was larger for the T1/T3 relative to the T2/T3 condition for the Chinese group only. By virtue of these language group differences, we infer that early cortical processing of pitch contours may be shaped by the relative saliency of acoustic dimensions underlying the pitch patterns of a particular language.

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Mismatch negativity to pitch contours is influenced by language experience

2007

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“…A very interesting ERP component is the negative amplitude occurring 100-200 msec after stimulus onset (mismatch negativity, MMN), and this particularly when a new stimulus occurs within a sequence of repetitive stimuli (e.g., da -da -da -ba). This component has been used very extensively to study acoustic and phonological processes (e.g., Hisagi et al, 2006;Näätänen, 1990;Ylinen et al, 2006). A further quality of the MMN is that it can be obtained in very passive conditions, where conscious awareness of the target stimulus is not necessary.…”

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The problem of aphasia in the assessment of consciousness in brain-damaged patients

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The assessment of level of consciousness in brain damaged patients relies to a large extent on behavioural assessment techniques. The limited behavioural repertoire displayed by many of these patients requires the use of highly sensitive and reliable behavioural assessment methods, allowing the detection of subtle changes in behaviour and associated level of consciousness. This situation is further complicated when patients with altered levels of consciousness have underlying deficits in the domain of communication functions, such as aphasia. The present chapter examines the consequences of receptive and/or productive aphasia on the already limited behavioural repertoire presented by patients in altered states of consciousness and discusses a number of behavioural and neuroimaging assessment procedures designed to, (1) detect the presence of aphasia in patients with altered levels of consciousness, and (2) reliably assess the level of consciousness of brain damaged patients while taking into account the existence of receptive and/or expressive language deficits. The combined use of behavioural and neuroimaging assessment techniques appears to be particularly promising for disentangling impaired levels of consciousness and aphasia.

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“…Previous researchers concluded that the human auditory system elicited greater brain response towards speech CV stimuli compared to tonal stimuli as reflected in higher MMN and P3a amplitude values (Jaramillo et al 2001;Tavabi et al 2009). Former studies also proposed that the enlargement of MMN amplitudes in native speakers with two non-native speaker groups indicates the activation of native-language phonetic prototypes (Picton et al 1995;Ylinen et al 2006). As per objective, the current study only included the native Malaysian Malay ethnic groups where Malay CV speech tokens were presented and we hypothesized that the MMN will be elicited due to the present of language memory trace (Näätänen 2001;Ylinen et al 2006).…”

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“…Former studies also proposed that the enlargement of MMN amplitudes in native speakers with two non-native speaker groups indicates the activation of native-language phonetic prototypes (Picton et al 1995;Ylinen et al 2006). As per objective, the current study only included the native Malaysian Malay ethnic groups where Malay CV speech tokens were presented and we hypothesized that the MMN will be elicited due to the present of language memory trace (Näätänen 2001;Ylinen et al 2006).…”

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