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Passi e exposu e o speech sounds modi ies change de ec ion b ain esponses in
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L.O. Ku kela Ja i, A. Hämäläinen Ja mo, H.T. Leppänen Paa o, Shu Hua, As ikainen
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Passi e exposu e o speech sounds modi ies change de ec ion b ain
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Ku kela Ja i L.O.
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Depa men o Psychology, Uni e si y o Jy askyla, Jy äskylä, Finland
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* Co esponding au ho : Depa men o Psychology, Ma ilanniemi 6-8, 40014 Uni e si y
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o Jy askyla, Jy äskylä, Finland; phone: + 358 408054538; e-mail: ja i.ku kela@jyu. i
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ABSTRACT
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In ea ly li e audi o y disc imina ion abili y can be enhanced by passi e sound exposu e. In
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con as , in adul hood passi e exposu e seems o be insu icien o p omo e disc imina ion
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abili y, bu his has been es ed only wi h a single sho exposu e session in humans. We
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es ed whe he passi e exposu e o un amilia audi o y s imuli can esul in enhanced
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co ical disc imina ion abili y and change de ec ion in adul humans, and whe he he
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possible lea ning e ec gene alizes o di e en s imuli. To add ess hese issues, we
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exposed adul Finnish pa icipan s o Chinese lexical ones passi ely o 2 h pe day on 4
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consecu i e days. Beha io al esponses and he b ain’s e en - ela ed po en ials (ERPs)
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we e measu ed be o e and a e he exposu e o he same s imuli applied in he exposu e
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phase and o sinusoidal sounds oughly mimicking he equency con ou in speech
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sounds. Passi e exposu e modula ed he ERPs o speech sound changes in bo h igno e
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(misma ch nega i i y la ency, P3a ampli ude and P3a la ency) and a end (P3b ampli ude)
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es condi ions, bu no he beha io al esponses. Fu he mo e, e ec o passi e exposu e
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ans e ed o he p ocessing o he sinusoidal sounds as indexed by he la ency o he
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misma ch nega i i y. No co esponding e ec s in he ERPs we e ound in a con ol g oup
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ha pa icipa ed o he es measu emen s, bu ecei ed no exposu e o he sounds. The
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esul s show ha passi e exposu e o o eign speech sounds in adul hood can enhance
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co ical disc imina ion abili y and a en ion o ien a ion owa d changes in speech sounds
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and ha he lea ning e ec can ans e o non-speech sounds.
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Keywo ds: pe cep ual lea ning, speech sounds, passi e exposu e, e en - ela ed po en ials
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1. In oduc ion
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In ea ly in ancy, co ical disc imina ion abili y is enhanced e en by passi e sound
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exposu e alone (e.g., Cheou e al., 1998; Cheou e al., 2002; Kuhl, 2004; T aino , Lee, &
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Bosnyak, 2011). In con as , in adul hood passi e sound exposu e in absence o aining
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seems o be insu icien o a ec he neu al-le el disc imina ion abili y (Nää änen e al.,
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1993; Sheehan e al., 2005; Elme e al., 2017) o beha io al disc imina ion pe o mance
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(W igh e al., 2010; 2015). Ins ead, e ec s o ac i e disc imina ion aining ha e been
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shown in se e al s udies by measu ing he misma ch nega i i y (MMN) (K aus e al.,
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1995; T emblay e al., 1997; T emblay e al., 1998; Tamminen e al., 2015), P3a (A ienza
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e al., 2004; U he e al., 2006; Seppänen e al., 2012) and P2 (A ienza e al., 2002; Reinke
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e al., 2003; Sheehan e al., 2005) componen s o e en - ela ed po en ials (ERPs). These
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componen s e lec p e-a en i e change de ec ion (MMN) and subsequen a en ion
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shi ing (P3a) based on a memo y ace o med by he lea ned sound ea u e (Nää änen e
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al., 2005; Polich, 2007) and sound ea u e encoding and s imulus classi ica ion (P2) ( o a
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e iew see C owley & Col ain, 2004).
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E en hough e ec s o passi e exposu e ha e been s udied on b ain esponses
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ela ed o p e-a en i e change de ec ion, possible e ec s o passi e exposu e on a en i e
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change de ec ion o sounds ha e no been in es iga ed, i.e. e ec s on N2b and P3b
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componen s. 1-hou a en i e iden i ica ion aining wi h speech sounds, howe e , showed
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lea ning- ela ed changes in N2b and P3b (Alain e al., 2010). In ano he s udy,
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iden i ica ion aining esul ed in only enhanced P3b esponses and no changes in N2b
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(Ben-Da id e al., 2011). Simila ly, a en i e disc imina ion aining wi h speech sounds
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esul ed in enhanced P3b-like bu no N2b-like mic os a es in elec oencephalog aphy
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(Gi oud e al., 2017).
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E en i p e ious s udies ha e ailed o demons a e e ec o passi e exposu e on
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audi o y change de ec ion in adul s (Nää änen e al., 1993; Sheehan e al., 2005; Elme e
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al., 2017; W igh e al., 2010; 2015), passi e exposu e o sounds seems no o be en i ely
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ine ec i e ei he . Pe cep ual lea ning on an audi o y disc imina ion ask (W igh e al.,
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passi e exposu e is mo e e icien han he ac i e aining alone as indexed by beha io al
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ampli ude o he P2 componen (Sheehan e al., 2005; T emblay e al., 2007; T emblay e
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al., 2010; Ross e al., 2013). Thus, passi e exposu e seems o ha e a leas acili a ing
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e ec on audi o y pe cep ual lea ning in adul hood.
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One possible eason o he ailu e o he p e ious s udies in demons a ing he e ec
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o passi e exposu e on disc imina ion abili y can be he sho , 1 - 2 hou , exposu e ime
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ha has been used in p e ious s udies (Nää änen e al., 1993; Sheehan e al., 2005; Elme
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e al., 2017). Ac i e aining s udies ha e p o ided aining o e se e al days, and his has
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led o be e disc imina ion abili y as indexed by he enhancemen o he MMN, P3a and
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P3b esponses (K aus e al., 1995; T emblay e al., 1997; Gi oud e al., 2017).
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Fu he mo e, i has been shown ha sleep dep i a ion hinde s he lea ning- ela ed inc ease
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in he MMN ampli ude and p e en s he appea ance o he P3a componen (A ienza e al.,
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2004). Thus, he lea ning- ela ed changes in co ical esponses seem o be sleep-
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dependen , p obably equi ing memo y consolida ion du ing noc u nal sleep (Alain e al.
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2015). Based on his assump ion, i could be possible ha he e ec s o me e passi e
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exposu e eme ge i he exposu e is expanded on se e al days, allowing memo y
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consolida ion. This has no ye been es ed explici ly, howe e .
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The e idence on gene aliza ion o he audi o y lea ning o s imulus ea u es no
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encoun e ed du ing aining is sca ce. The e a e some s udies showing ha equency o
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syllable disc imina ion aining gene alizes o closely simila un ained s imuli ( o a
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e iew see W igh & Zhang, 2009). One s udy applied MMN o s udy he gene aliza ion,
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and showed ha ca ego iza ion aining o labial s op consonan gene alizes also o
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al eola s op consonan as indica ed by he sho ened la ency and inc eased ampli ude o
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he MMN o non- ained s imuli (T emblay e al., 1997).
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In he p esen s udy, we es ed wo highly no el aspec s o audi o y pe cep ual
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lea ning: i) E ec o passi e speech sound exposu e on change de ec ion and a en ion
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o ien ing in igno e and a end es condi ions, and ii) i he e ec o passi e exposu e is
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obse ed, whe he i gene alizes o igno ed non-speech s imuli. Adul na i e Finnish
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pa icipan s we e exposed o speech sounds (changes in Chinese lexical ones) o a o al
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o 8 hou s o e 4 days. ERPs we e eco ded be o e and a e he exposu e o he same
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speech sounds and also o sinusoidal sounds oughly mimicking he pi ch con ou s o he
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speech sounds. A con ol g oup ecei ed no exposu e bu pa icipa ed only in he ERP
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eco dings a he same ime in e als as he expe imen al g oup.
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o ien ing owa d changes (MMN, P3a, N2b, and P3b), as he exposu e ime is longe han
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in he p e ious s udies (Nää änen e al., 1993; Sheehan e al., 2005; Elme e al., 2017) and
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allows memo y ace consolida ion du ing he nigh s be ween he exposu e pe iods
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(S ickgold, 2005; Alain e al., 2015). Changes in hese ERP componen s a e assumed o
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occu due o he o ma ion o long- e m memo y ep esen a ions o he sounds, making
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change de ec ion and a en ion o ien ing o hem mo e e icien (as in Nää änen e al.,
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1997; Winkle e al., 1999). We also hypo hesized, based on he indings on sound
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equency aining (W igh & Zhang, 2009), ha he e ec o passi e exposu e ans e s o
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he non-speech sounds.
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2. Ma e ial and me hods
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2.1 Pa icipan s
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A o al o 39 monolingual Finnish-speaking pa icipan s (mean age = 23.0 yea s,
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s anda d de ia ion [SD] = 3.3 yea s; 32 emales and 7 males) olun ee ed o he s udy.
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They we e ec ui ed wi h announcemen s in he no ice boa ds and e-mail lis s o he
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Uni e si y o Jy äskylä. The inclusion c i e ia o he s udy we e an age o 18–30 yea s,
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igh -handedness, no mal hea ing measu ed using audiome y, and sel - epo ed no mal
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ision (o co ec ed o no mal ision). The exclusion c i e ia o he s udy we e
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neu ological o psychia ic diso de s, including sleep p oblems, and exposu e o o aining
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in onal languages. Howe e , p e ious exposu e du ing ips o coun ies whe e onal
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languages a e spoken (maximum o 2 weeks) was accep ed. W i en in o med consen was
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ob ained om each pa icipan be o e inclusion in he s udy. The expe imen was
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unde aken in acco dance wi h he Decla a ion o Helsinki, and he e hical commi ee o
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he Uni e si y o Jy äskylä app o ed he esea ch p o ocol.
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passi ely exposed o speech sounds (n = 18, mean age = 21.7 yea s, SD ± 1.7) and he
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o he se ed as a con ol g oup (n = 21, mean age = 24.1 yea s, SD ± 3.6). Da a was
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collec ed in igno e and a end es condi ions (desc ibed below). F om bo h igno e and
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a end condi ions da a o 3 pa icipan s we e omi ed om s a is ical analysis due o
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ex ensi e a i ac s in he EEG. A e he omission, da a o 18 and 21 con ol g oup
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pa icipan s and 18 and 15 passi e exposu e g oup pa icipan s emained o he igno e and
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a end es condi ions, espec i ely. In he igno e es condi ion da a, 66.6% o he
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pa icipan s in he exposu e g oup and he same po ion o he pa icipan s in he con ol
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g oup had some musical aining o had played an ins umen o sang as a hobby. In he
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a end es condi ion da a, his was he case o 66.6% o he exposu e g oup and 61.9% o
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he con ol g oup pa icipan s. All he pa icipan s had s udied English and Swedish as a
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o eign language. In addi ion, in he igno e es condi ion da a, 61.1% o he exposu e
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g oup and 88.9% o he con ol g oup pa icipan s had s udied an addi ional language o
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o e 2 yea s. In he a end es condi ion da a, his was he case o 73.3% o he exposu e
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and 81.0% o he con ol g oup pa icipan s.
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We exposed he pa icipan s o lexical ones, since Finnish belongs o a quan i a i e
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language g oup, and onal changes a e no pa o he phonological sys em in his
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language. The e o e, we expec ed ha aining e ec s could be obse ed. Because
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disc imina ion h eshold o he lexical ones applied in he s udy was no known o he
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Finnish pa icipan s, and we did no wan he pa icipan s o ac i ely lis en o he sounds,
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wo le els (la ge and small) o change we e selec ed o maximize he possibili y o ind an
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na i e Chinese speake wi h ising (i.e., Chinese lexical one 2) and alling (i.e., Chinese
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lexical one 4) pi ch con ou , and hey we e eco ded a a sampling a e o 44.1 kHz. The
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sounds we e hen digi ally edi ed using SoundFo ge so wa e (SoundFo ge 9, Sony
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Co po a ion, Japan) o modi y hem o ha e a du a ion o 200 ms. To isola e he lexical
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ones and keep he es o he acous ic ea u es iden ical, pi ch ie ans e was pe o med
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using P aa so wa e (P aa 5.4.06, Uni e si y o Ams e dam). Pi ch ie ans e
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gene a ed a ising one and a alling one, which we e iden ical o each o he , excep o a
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pi ch con ou di e ence in undamen al equency (F0). These wo ones we e aken as he
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endpoin s imuli o c ea e a con inuum o lexical ones wi h 10 in e al s eps. A mo phing
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echnique was pe o med in MATLAB (Ma hWo ks, Inc., MA, US), and a STRAIGHT
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sounds we e a sligh ly alling one (small de ian ), and a ising one (la ge de ian , Fig.
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1A) co esponding o he ones 11, 7, and 3, espec i ely, on he one con inuum. All
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s imuli we e no malized o ha e he same oo mean squa e in ensi y. The de ailed
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p ocedu e conce ning how he s imuli we e gene a ed was epo ed p e iously elsewhe e
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(Xi e al., 2010).
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The sinusoidal sounds we e c ea ed using SoundFo ge so wa e (SoundFo ge 9,
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Sony Co po a ion, Japan) and hey had he same du a ion (200 ms) and s a and end F0 as
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he co esponding speech sounds. Fo he s anda d sound, he s a ing equency o F0 was
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312 Hz and i g adually dec eased o 180 Hz. The la ge de ian had he s a ing F0 a 233
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Hz and i inc eased g adually o 268 Hz (Fig. 1 B). Las ly, he small de ian had a s a ing
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F0 a 268 Hz and i g adually dec eased o 215 Hz (Fig. 1B).
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du ing he exposu e, he sounds we e p esen ed in he oddball condi ion, whe e a
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equen ly occu ing s anda d s imulus (p obabili y o 0.80) was in e spe sed wi h wo
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de ian sounds (la ge o small, p obabili y o 0.10 o each), using E-p ime 1.2
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(Psychology So wa e Tools Inc., Sha psbu g, USA) so wa e, esul ing in 1000 s imulus
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p esen a ions wi h a sound p essu e le el (SPL) o 70 dB. The in e -s imulus in e al (ISI)
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a ied andomly be ween 440 and 520 ms (o se o onse ). The s imuli we e deli e ed in a
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Table 1. Summa y o he signi ican e ec s in he epea ed measu es o ANOVA o he a end condi ion
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(speech sounds). * ma ks exposu e- ela ed e ec . Deg ees o eedom (d ), F- alues (F), P- alues (P), and
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Componen / a iable
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ampli ude
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0.0001
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De ian ype
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5.2
0.030
0.13
Session
1,34
57.9
0.0001
0.63
Elec ode x G oup
2,33
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0.043
0.17
De ian ype x S imulus ype
1,34
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0.003
0.23
S imulus ype x Elec ode
2,33
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0.004
0.28
Session x Elec ode 2,33
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S imulus ype x elec ode x session 2,33
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N2b (de ian )/
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Elec ode
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De ian ype x Session
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0.0001
0.47
S imulus ype
1,34
97.03
0.0001
0.74
Session
1,34
4.68
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Elec ode
2,33
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0.0001
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Elec ode x G oup
2,33
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0.023
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De ian ype x S imulus ype
1,34
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0.0001
0.51
S imulus ype x Session
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S imulus ype x Elec ode
2,33
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0.0001
0.67
Session x Elec ode
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0.23
S imulus ype x Elec ode x G oup
2,33
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0.001
0.36
De ian ype x S im ype x Elec ode
2,33
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0.004
0.28
De ian ype x S im ype x Session x G oup*
1,34
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P3b (de ian )/
la ency
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1,34
8.99
0.005
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Session
1,34
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0.0001
0.64
Elec ode
1,34
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0.027
0.20
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pos measu emen P3b ampli ude and eac ion imes o he small de ian , = –0.497, p =
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0.059, 99% CI [–0.80, –0.11]; he la ge he esponse ampli ude was, he as e he eac ion
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Fig. 2. G and a e aged P3b esponses in he exposu e g oup, n =15 and he con ol g oup, n = 21. The
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esponses o de ian sounds om he pos measu emen . G and a e aged wa e o ms a e p esen ed as mean
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Fig. 3. Passi e exposu e enhanced he P3b ampli ude. The mean ampli ude alues o P3b a e aged ac oss
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he h ee elec ode clus e s (le , middle, and igh pa ie al) in 360–410 ms ime window. The whi e ba s
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indica e he ampli ude alues a he p e measu emen , and he g ay ba s ep esen hose a he pos
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measu emen . *** indica es a s a is ically signi ican di e ence (p < 0.05) and e o ba s indica e he
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s anda d e o o he mean. Pos exposu e esponses o he de ian sounds we e enhanced compa ed o hose
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in p e measu emen . No such e ec was ound in he con ol g oup.
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3.2 Igno e condi ion o speech sounds
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3.2.1 MMN componen
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The e was no exposu e e ec o he ampli ude o he MMN esponse. Howe e , o
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he MMM la ency, an in e ac ion e ec o session x g oup was ound (Table 2). Sepa a e -
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es s o he g oups compa ing he la encies be ween p e and pos measu emen s showed
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ha he de ian esponse la encies became sho e om he p e o pos measu emen s in
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he exposu e g oup, while no such changes in la encies we e ound in he con ol g oup
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(Fig. 4 and 5).
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3.2.2 P3a componen
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Fo he ampli ude o he P3a componen , an in e ac ion e ec o s imulus ype x
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session x g oup was ound (Table 2). Subsequen ANOVA (s imulus ype x session)
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pe o med sepa a ely o each g oup e ealed ha he e was an in e ac ion e ec o
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s imulus ype x session in he exposu e g oup, F
1,17
= 5.66, p = 0.029, η


= 0.25, while no
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(Supplemen a y Table 4). Sepa a e - es s o s anda d and de ian esponses compa ing
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he ampli ude change om p e o pos measu emen we e conduc ed o he exposu e
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g oup. Responses o de ian sounds inc eased in ampli ude owa d a posi i e pola i y and
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he same was obse ed o he esponses o he s anda d sounds (Fig. 4 and 5).
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The passi e exposu e a ec ed he la encies o he de ian esponses in he P3a ime
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window, as indica ed by he de ian ype x session x g oup in e ac ion e ec (Table 2).
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Subsequen ANOVA (de ian ype x session) pe o med sepa a ely o each g oup
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e ealed an in e ac ion e ec o de ian ype x session in he exposu e g oup, F
1,17
= 9.01,
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p = 0.008, η


= 0.35. No session- ela ed main o in e ac ion e ec s we e ound in he
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con ol g oup. Subsequen - es s compa ing la encies sepa a ely o he de ian ypes in
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he exposu e g oup showed ha a e he exposu e, he la ency o P3a o he la ge change
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was sho e (273.6 ms ± 14.9) han i was be o e he exposu e (294.0 ms ± 24.5), (17) =
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2.92, p = 0.02, 95% CI [8.0, 34.0], d = 1.00 (Fig. 5). No e ec was ound o he small
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change (Fig. 5).
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Table 2. Summa y o he signi ican e ec s in he epea ed measu es o ANOVA o he igno e condi ion
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whe e he speech sounds we e p esen ed. * ma ks exposu e- ela ed e ec . Deg ees o eedom (d ), F- alues
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(F), P- alues (P), and pa ie al e a squa ed (



) o e ec sizes a e epo ed.
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Componen / a iable
E ec
d
F
P



MMN/
ampli ude
S imulus ype
1,34
6.73
0.014
0.17
MMN (de ian )/
la ency
Elec ode
2,33
5.14
0.011
0.24
De ian ype
1,34
6.92
0.013
0.17
De ian ype x Session
1,34
4.17
0.049
0.11
Session x G oup*
1,34
6,71
0.014
0.17
P3a/
ampli ude
De ian ype
1,34
4,27
0.047
0.11
S imulus ype
1,34
4.34
0.045
0.11
Session
1,34
6.91
0.013
0.17
Elec ode
2,33
4.59
0.017
0.22
S imulus ype x G oup
1,34
46.57
< 0.0001
0.58
Session x G oup*
1,34
21.12
< 0.0001
0.38
De ian ype x G oup
1,34
13.76
0.001
0.29
De ype x S im ype x G oup
1,34
12.83
0.001
0.27
S imulus ype x Session x G oup*
1,34
9.90
0.003
0.23
S imulus ype x Elec ode x G oup
2,33
4.95
0.013
0.23
P3a (de ian )/
la ency
Session x G oup*
1,34
4.78
0.036
0.12
De ian ype x Session x G oup*
1,34
6.64
0.014
0.16
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Fig. 4. G and a e aged de ian esponses in he ime windows o he misma ch nega i i y (MMN) and
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P3a esponses in he exposu e g oup, n = 18, and in he con ol g oup, n = 18. G and a e age wa e o ms
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o de ian esponses (small and la ge de ian a e aged) a e p esen ed as mean alues om he collapsed
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elec ode clus e s (le on al, middle on al, igh on al; see Ma e ial and me hods and Supplemen a y
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Fig. 1 and 4). The g ay lines ep esen esponses in he p e measu emen , while black lines ep esen
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esponses in he pos measu emen o he exposu e g oup and he con ol g oup. The ligh g ay ba s
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ep esen he ime windows analyzed o he MMN and P3a esponses (190–240 ms and 250–300 ms pos
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s imulus onse , espec i ely). In lowe panel, he g and a e aged scalp opog aphies o he esponses o
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de ian sounds as a mean ampli ude alue o he analyzed ime window om he 128 elec odes o he
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MMN and P3a o he exposu e g oup and he con ol g oup a e shown.
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Fig. 5. Misma ch nega i i y la ency and P3a la ency and ampli ude a e enhanced a e he passi e
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exposu e. The whi e and g ay ba s ep esen he mean alues om he p e and pos measu emen s,
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espec i ely. E o ba s indica e he s anda d e o o he mean. *** indica es a s a is ically signi ican (p
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< .05) di e ence. The la ency o he esponse o he de ian sounds in he MMN ime window sho ened
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om he p e measu emen (222.45 ms ± 19.61)) o he pos measu emen (194.57 ms ± 24.81), (17) = 4.79,
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p = 0.00, 95% CI [17.44, 39.78], d = 1.25), in he exposu e g oup, while he e we e no changes in he
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con ol g oup. In addi ion, in he P3a ime window, de ian esponse la encies became signi ican ly sho e
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o he la ge de ian a e he exposu e, bu no o he small de ian , and he e we e no changes in he
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con ol g oup. S anda d esponse ampli udes we e mo e posi i e a e he exposu e (–0.05 µV ± 0.64)
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compa ed o he p e measu emen (–0.53 µV ± 0.55), 17 = 3.18, p = 0.026, 95% CI [–0.79, –0.19], d = 0.80.
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Also de ian esponse ampli udes became mo e posi i e a e he exposu e (0.57 µV ± 0.57) compa ed o he
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p e measu emen (–0.30 µV ± 0.74), (17) = 4.70, p = 0.002, 95% CI [–1.23, –0.53], d = 1.32.
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3.3 Igno e condi ion o sinusoidal sounds
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The ans e e ec o non-exposed sound ea u es was es ed by p esen ing
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sinusoidal sounds oughly mimicking he pi ch con ou s o he speech sounds in a passi e
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oddball condi ion (Fig. 1C). The ans e e ec was in es iga ed o he componen s and
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a iables showing g oup x session in e ac ion e ec s in he igno e condi ion whe e speech
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sounds we e p esen ed, i.e. o he MMN la ency, P3a ampli ude and P3a la ency.
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3.3.1 MMN componen
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Fo he MMN la ency, he e was a signi ican in e ac ion e ec o elec ode clus e x
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session x g oup (Table 3). Subsequen ANOVA (elec ode clus e x session) pe o med
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sepa a ely o each g oup e ealed an signi ican main e ec session o bo h g oups F
1,17
=
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15.03, p = 0.001, η


= 0.47; F
1,17
= 5.90, p = 0.027, η


= 0.26 (Supplemen a y able 5).
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Pos hoc pai ed samples - es s compa ing la encies be ween p e and pos measu emen s
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sepa a ely o g oups showed ha in he exposu e g oup he la encies go signi ican ly
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sho e om p e measu emen (234.9 ms ± 10.58) o pos measu emen (215.27 ms ±
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21.44), (17) = 3.88, p = 0.014, 95% CI [10.43, 29.74], d = 1.16). The e we e no changes
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in he la encies in he con ol g oup.
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Table 3. Summa y o he signi ican e ec s in he epea ed measu es o ANOVA o he sinusoidal sounds in
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he igno e condi ion. * ma ks exposu e- ela ed e ec . Deg ees o eedom (d ), F- alues (F), P- alues (P),
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and Pa ial e a squa ed (η


) o e ec size a e epo ed.
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Componen / a iable
E ec
d
F
P



MMN (de ian )/
La ency
Elec ode
2,33
6.89
0.003
0.29
Session x G oup*
1,34
19.57
< 0.001
0.37
Session x Elec ode x G oup*
2,33
4.52
0.018
0.22
P3a/
S imulus
1,34
37.9
< 0.001
0.53
Ampli ude
Elec ode
2,33
8.4
0.001
0.34
S imulus x G oup
1,34
12.4
0.001
0.27
S imulus x Session
1,34
4.2
0.047
0.11
S imulus x Session x Elec ode x G oup*
2.33
4.0
0.027
0.20
P3a (de ian )/
la ency
De ian ype
1,34
7.36
0.01
0.18
De ian ype x G oup
1,34
5.65
0.023
0.14
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3.3.2 P3a componen
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Fo he P3a ampli ude, he e was an in e ac ion e ec o s imulus ype x elec ode
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clus e x session x g oup (Table 3). The ollowing ANOVAs (elec ode clus e x session x
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g oup) o he de ian esponses (Supplemen a y able 6) o (elec ode clus e x session x
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g oup) pe o med sepa a ely o each elec ode clus e e ealed no session x g oup
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in e ac ion e ec s (Supplemen a y able 7) Subsequen ANOVA (s imulus ype x elec ode
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clus e x session) pe o med sepa a ely o each g oup e ealed signi ican in e ac ion
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e ec o s imulus ype x elec ode clus e x session in he con ol g oup, while he e was
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no session- ela ed e ec s in he exposu e g oup (Supplemen a y Table 8). T- es s
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compa ing de ian and s anda d esponses sepa a ely om p e measu emen o pos
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measu emen in each elec ode clus e was pe o med in he con ol g oup. They did no
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e eal any signi ican esul s.
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Fig. 6. G and a e aged MMN and P3a esponses o sinusoidal sounds. G and a e aged wa e o ms o
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esponses e lec ing MMN and P3a in he exposu e g oup (n = 18) and he con ol g oup (n = 18). The g ay
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lines ep esen esponses o de ian sounds (la ge and small de ian ypes a e aged) om he p e
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measu emen , while black lines ep esen esponses o de ian sounds om he pos measu emen o he
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exposu e g oup and he con ol g oup. The ligh g ay ba s ep esen he ime windows applied in he analysis
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o o he P3a ampli ude (mean ampli ude alue be ween 300–350 ms). The mean scalp opog aphies o he
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di e en ial esponse (s anda d sub ac ed om he de ian , de ian ypes a e aged) om he 128 elec odes
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o he P3a o he exposu e g oup and he con ol g oup om he analyzed ime window. Al hough he e
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was a signi ican s imulus ype x elec ode clus e x session x g oup e ec o he P3a ampli ude, pos -hoc
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es s did no e eal any gene aliza ion o he exposu e e ec . Please no e ha he MMN ampli ude was no
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in es iga ed since he e was no exposu e e ec o i .
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4. Discussion
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He e we show in adul humans ha passi e exposu e o o eign speech sounds o 4
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consecu i e days, 2 h pe day, enhanced he neu al disc imina ion abili y and a en ion
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o ien a ion owa d changes in he speech sounds as indexed by ERPs eco ded in igno e
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and a end es condi ions. The e ec o passi e exposu e o audi o y change de ec ion
566
mechanism has ea lie been ound only in in an s (Cheou e al., 1998; Cheou e al., 2002;
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Kuhl, 2004; T aino , Lee, & Bosnyak, 2011). In he a end es condi ion, e ec o passi e
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exposu e was demons a ed as enhanced P3b ampli ude. In he igno e es condi ion,
569
e ec s o passi e exposu e we e demons a ed as sho ened la ency o he MMN and
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enhanced ampli ude and sho ened la ency o he P3a.
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The lea ning e ec gene alized o some ex end o no el sounds: he la ency o he
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MMN sho ened o he sinusoidal sounds no encoun e ed du ing he exposu e phase. This
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e ec was demons a ed only in he exposu e g oup, no in he con ol g oup.
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E ec s o audi o y pe cep ual lea ning ha e a ely been es ed o a en i e change
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de ec ion. He e we showed ha passi e exposu e enhanced he ampli ude o he P3b and
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he e was end owa ds signi ican co ela ion be ween he enhanced P3b ampli ude and
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sho ened beha io al eac ion imes o small de ian . P e iously, i has been shown ha
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when he pe cep ual ask becomes easie , he P3b ampli ude inc eases (Is eal e al., 1985).
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Ou esul s a e also in line wi h one p e ious s udy which showed ha ac i e aining o
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disc imina e speech sounds enhances he mic os a es ela ed o he P3b componen
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accompanied by imp o emen s in beha io al eac ion imes (Gi oud e al., 2017). In he
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ligh o he con ex -upda ing model (Polich, 2007), passi e exposu e seems o ease
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compa ison p ocess be ween he ep esen a ion o he s anda d sound in memo y and he
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de ian sound inpu , which is also e lec ed as sho ened eac ion imes.
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N2b was he o he componen ha was in es iga ed in he a end es condi ion.
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He e, he ampli ude o he N2b was no enhanced, no was i s la ency sho ened due o
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passi e exposu e. In p io s udies applying a en i e aining, in line wi h ou indings,
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N2b was no enhanced du ing iden i ica ion ask (Ben-Da id e al. 2011) o du ing
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disc imina ion ask (Gi oud e al. 2017). Howe e , a s udy ha had longe p ac ice pe iod
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han in s udy by Ben-Da id e al. (2011) epo ed ha enhancemen in abili y o iden i y
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speech sounds we e ollowed by inc eased N2b (Alain e al. 2010). I emains hus unclea
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