title: Mismatch negativity indicates vowel discrimination in newborns.
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 appears to provide means to investigate brain mechanisms of vowel perception in infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cheour-Luhtanen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alho
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kujala
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sainio
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reinikainen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Renlund
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aaltonen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Eerola
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Näätänen
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*