Naïve Learners Show Cross-Domain Transfer after Distributional Learning: The Case of Lexical and Musical Pitch

Naïve Learners Show Cross-Domain Transfer after Distributional Learning: The Case of Lexical and Musical Pitch

Experienced listeners of a particular acoustic cue in either speech or music appear to have an advantage when perceiving a similar cue in the other domain (i.e., they exhibit cross-domain transfer). One explanation for cross-domain transfer relates to the acquisition of the foundations of speech and...

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Main Authors: Jia Hoong Ong, Denis Burnham, Catherine J Stevens, Paola Escudero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
pitch
statistical learning
Distributional learning
language and music
cross-domain transfer
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01189/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01189/full

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