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SUBMITTER: Grimaldi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4030201 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grimaldi Mirko M Sisinni Bianca B Gili Fivela Barbara B Invitto Sara S Resta Donatella D Alku Paavo P Brattico Elvira E
Frontiers in human neuroscience 20140514
According to the Perceptual Assimilation Model (PAM), articulatory similarity/dissimilarity between sounds of the second language (L2) and the native language (L1) governs L2 learnability in adulthood and predicts L2 sound perception by naïve listeners. We performed behavioral and neurophysiological experiments on two groups of university students at the first and fifth years of the English language curriculum and on a group of naïve listeners. Categorization and discrimination tests, as well as ...[more]