title: Overnight consolidation promotes generalization across talkers in the identification of nonnative speech sounds.
abstract: This investigation explored the generalization of phonetic learning across talkers following training on a nonnative (Hindi dental and retroflex) contrast. Participants were trained in two groups, either in the morning or in the evening. Discrimination and identification performance was assessed in the trained talker and an untrained talker three times over 24 h following training. Results suggest that overnight consolidation promotes generalization across talkers in identification, but not necessarily discrimination, of nonnative speech sounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut, 850 Bolton Road, Unit 1085, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 Frances.Earle@uconn.edu, Emily.Myers@uconn.edu.
authors.forename: F Sayako
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Earle
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut, 850 Bolton Road, Unit 1085, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 Frances.Earle@uconn.edu, Emily.Myers@uconn.edu.
authors.forename: Emily B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D000069077:Memory Consolidation / Q000502:physiology*; D046709:Pattern Recognition, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D010700:Phonetics; D012890:Sleep; D013065:Speech Intelligibility / Q000502:physiology*; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult