MISMATCH NEGATIVITY INDICATES VOWEL DISCRIMINATION IN NEWBORNS

Authors
CHEOURLUHTANEN M ALHO K KUJALA T SAINIO K REINIKAINEN K RENLUND M AALTONEN O EEROLA O NAATANEN R
Citation
M. Cheourluhtanen et al., MISMATCH NEGATIVITY INDICATES VOWEL DISCRIMINATION IN NEWBORNS, Hearing research, 82(1), 1995, pp. 53-58
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Acoustics
Journal title
Hearing research → ACNP
ISSN journal
03785955
Volume
82
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
53 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-5955(1995)82:1<53:MNIVDI>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The present study shows that an infrequent vowel ('deviant') presented among frequent vowels ('standard') elicits in sleeping human newborns a negativity in the auditory event-related potential (ERP) resembling the mismatch negativity (MMN) recorded in adults. Thus, the MMN appea rs to provide means to investigate brain mechanisms of vowel perceptio n in infants.