Spoken word recognition enhancement due to preceding synchronized beats compared to unsynchronized or unrhythmic beats
Author(s)
Sidiras, C
Iliadou, V
Nimatoudis, I
Reichenbach, T
Bamiou, D-E
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The relation between rhythm and language has been investigated over the last decades, with evidence that these share overlapping perceptual mechanisms emerging from several different strands of research. The dynamic Attention Theory posits that neural entrainment to musical rhythm results in synchronized oscillations in attention, enhancing perception of other events occurring at the same rate. In this study, this prediction was tested in 10 year-old children by means of a psychoacoustic speech recognition in babble paradigm. It was hypothesized that rhythm effects evoked via a short isochronous sequence of beats would provide optimal word recognition in babble when beats and word are in sync. We compared speech recognition in babble performance in the presence of isochronous and in sync vs. non-isochronous or out of sync sequence of beats. Results showed that (a) word recognition was the best when rhythm and word were in sync, and (b) the effect was not uniform across syllables and gender of subjects. Our results suggest that pure tone beats affect speech recognition at early levels of sensory or phonemic processing.
Date Issued
2017-07-18
Date Acceptance
2017-07-04
Citation
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2017, 11
ISSN
1662-4548
Publisher
Frontiers Media
Journal / Book Title
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Volume
11
Copyright Statement
© 2017 Sidiras, Iliadou, Nimatoudis, Reichenbach and Bamiou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Neurosciences
Neurosciences & Neurology
speech processing
auditory processing
hearing
dynamic attention theory
neural oscillations
speech segmentation
rhythm
psychoacoustics
AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER
PARKINSONS-DISEASE
SPEECH-INTELLIGIBILITY
TEMPORAL STRUCTURE
BASAL GANGLIA
RHYTHM
PERCEPTION
TIME
ATTENTION
CHILDREN
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 415