TY - GEN
T1 - Rapid Perceptual Learning and Individual Differences in Speech Perception
T2 - The Good, the Bad, and the Sad
AU - Banai, Karen
AU - Lavie, Limor
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - ABSTRACTThe function of rapid perceptual learning for speech in adult listeners is poorly understood. On the one hand, perceptual learning of speech results in rapid and long-lasting improvements in the perception of many types of distorted and degraded speech signals. On the other hand, this learning is highly specific to stimuli that were encountered during its acquisition. Therefore, it is unclear whether past perceptual learning could support future speech perception under ecological conditions. Here, we hypothesize that rapid perceptual learning is a resource that is recruited when new speech challenges are encountered and used to support perception under those specific conditions. We review three lines of evidence related to aspects of this hypothesis – about the specificity of learning, the general nature of associations between rapid perceptual learning and speech perception and rapid perceptual-learning in populations with poor perception under adverse conditions.
AB - ABSTRACTThe function of rapid perceptual learning for speech in adult listeners is poorly understood. On the one hand, perceptual learning of speech results in rapid and long-lasting improvements in the perception of many types of distorted and degraded speech signals. On the other hand, this learning is highly specific to stimuli that were encountered during its acquisition. Therefore, it is unclear whether past perceptual learning could support future speech perception under ecological conditions. Here, we hypothesize that rapid perceptual learning is a resource that is recruited when new speech challenges are encountered and used to support perception under those specific conditions. We review three lines of evidence related to aspects of this hypothesis – about the specificity of learning, the general nature of associations between rapid perceptual learning and speech perception and rapid perceptual-learning in populations with poor perception under adverse conditions.
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/25742442.2021.1909400
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/25742442.2021.1909400
M3 - Article
SN - 2574-2442
VL - 3
SP - 201
EP - 211
JO - Auditory Perception & Cognition
JF - Auditory Perception & Cognition
ER -