Rapid Serial Auditory Presentation: A New Measure of Statistical Learning in Speech Segmentation

The Rapid Serial Visual Presentation procedure is a method widely used in visual perception research. In this paper we propose an adaptation of this method which can be used with auditory material and enables assessment of statistical learning in speech segmentation. Adult participants were exposed...

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Published in:Experimental psychology 2015-01, Vol.62 (5), p.346-351
Main Authors: Franco, Ana, Eberlen, Julia, Destrebecqz, Arnaud, Cleeremans, Axel, Bertels, Julie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attention
Auditory Perception
Female
Human
Humans
Language
Learning - physiology
Learning Strategies
Lexical Decision
Male
Oral Communication
Speech - physiology
Speech Perception - physiology
Statistics
Stimulus Presentation Methods
Young Adult
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Summary:The Rapid Serial Visual Presentation procedure is a method widely used in visual perception research. In this paper we propose an adaptation of this method which can be used with auditory material and enables assessment of statistical learning in speech segmentation. Adult participants were exposed to an artificial speech stream composed of statistically defined trisyllabic nonsense words. They were subsequently instructed to perform a detection task in a Rapid Serial Auditory Presentation (RSAP) stream in which they had to detect a syllable in a short speech stream. Results showed that reaction times varied as a function of the statistical predictability of the syllable: second and third syllables of each word were responded to faster than first syllables. This result suggests that the RSAP procedure provides a reliable and sensitive indirect measure of auditory statistical learning.
ISSN:1618-3169
2190-5142
DOI:10.1027/1618-3169/a000295