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UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2012/newsitem/4332/17-
 February-2012-Seminar-on-music-cognition-and-compu
 tation-Makiko-Sadakata
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SUMMARY:Seminar on music cognition and computation
 , Makiko Sadakata
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Makiko Sadakata
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120217T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120217T000000
LOCATION:Room C3.108, Science Park 904, Amsterdam
DESCRIPTION:Two cross-linguistic experiments compa
 ring musicians and non-musicians were performed in
  order to examine whether musicians have enhanced 
 perception of specific acoustical features of spee
 ch in a second language (L2). These discrimination
  and identification experiments examined the perce
 ption of various speech features; namely, the timi
 ng and quality of Japanese consonants, and the qua
 lity of Dutch vowels. We found that musical experi
 ence was more strongly associated with discriminat
 ion performance rather than identification performa
 nce. The enhanced perception was observed not only
  with respect to L2, but also L1. It was most pron
 ounced when tested with Japanese consonant timing.
   These findings suggest the following: 1) musicia
 ns exhibit enhanced early acoustical analysis of s
 peech, 2) musical training does not equally enhanc
 e the perception of all acoustic features automati
 cally, and 3) musicians may enjoy an advantage in 
 the perception of acoustical features that are imp
 ortant in both language and music, such as pitch a
 nd timing.  For more information, see http://staff
 .science.uva.nl/~ahoningh/readinggroup.html
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n        <p>Two cros
 s-linguistic experiments comparing musicians and\n
         non-musicians were performed in order to e
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 rception of specific acoustical\n        features 
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 eatures; namely, the timing and\n        quality o
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        vowels. We found that musical experience wa
 s more strongly\n        associated with discrimin
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 57;cation performance. The enhanced perception was
 \n        observed not only with respect to L2, bu
 t also L1. It was most\n        pronounced when te
 sted with Japanese consonant timing.</p>\n        
 <p>These findings suggest the following: 1) musici
 ans exhibit\n        enhanced early acoustical ana
 lysis of speech, 2) musical\n        training does
  not equally enhance the perception of all\n      
   acoustic features automatically, and 3) musician
 s may enjoy an\n        advantage in the perceptio
 n of acoustical features that are\n        importa
 nt in both language and music, such as pitch and\n
         timing.</p>\n    \n        <p>For more inf
 ormation, see <a target="_blank" href="http://staf
 f.science.uva.nl/~ahoningh/readinggroup.html">http
 ://staff.science.uva.nl/~ahoningh/readinggroup.htm
 l</a></p>\n        \n    
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 February-2012-Seminar-on-music-cognition-and-compu
 tation-Makiko-Sadakata
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