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SUBMITTER: Golestani N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2999832 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Golestani Narly N Rosen Stuart S Rosen Stuart S Scott Sophie K SK
Bilingualism (Cambridge, England) 20090701 3
Bilinguals are better able to perceive speech-in-noise in their native compared to their non-native language. This benefit is thought to be due to greater use of higher-level, linguistic context in the native language. Previous studies showing this have used sentences and do not allow us to determine which level of language contributes to this context benefit. Here, we used a new paradigm that isolates the SEMANTIC level of speech, in both languages of bilinguals. Results revealed that in the na ...[more]