Music Perception Abilities and Ambiguous Word Learning : Is There Cross-Domain Transfer in Nonmusicians?
Music Perception Abilities and Ambiguous Word Learning : Is There Cross-Domain Transfer in Nonmusicians?
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Frontiers in Psychology ; 13 (2022). - 801263. - Frontiers Media. - eISSN 1664-1078
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Perception of music and speech is based on similar auditory skills, and it is often suggested that those with enhanced music perception skills may perceive and learn novel words more easily. The current study tested whether music perception abilities are associated with novel word learning in an ambiguous learning scenario. Using a cross-situational word learning (CSWL) task, nonmusician adults were exposed to word-object pairings between eight novel words and visual referents. Novel words were either non-minimal pairs differing in all sounds or minimal pairs differing in their initial consonant or vowel. In order to be successful in this task, learners need to be able to correctly encode the phonological details of the novel words and have sufficient auditory working memory to remember the correct word-object pairings. Using the Mistuning Perception Test (MPT) and the Melodic Discrimination Test (MDT), we measured learners' pitch perception and auditory working memory. We predicted that those with higher MPT and MDT values would perform better in the CSWL task and in particular for novel words with high phonological overlap (i.e., minimal pairs). We found that higher musical perception skills led to higher accuracy for non-minimal pairs and minimal pairs differing in their initial consonant. Interestingly, this was not the case for vowel minimal pairs. We discuss the results in relation to theories of second language word learning such as the Second Language Perception model (L2LP).
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music perception, pitch, phonological processing, cross-situational word learning, auditory perception
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SMIT, Eline A., Andrew J. MILNE, Paola ESCUDERO, 2022. Music Perception Abilities and Ambiguous Word Learning : Is There Cross-Domain Transfer in Nonmusicians?. In: Frontiers in Psychology. Frontiers Media. 13, 801263. eISSN 1664-1078. Available under: doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.801263BibTex
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