Purpose Individuals vary in their ability to learn the sound categories of nonnative
languages (nonnative phonetic learning) and to adapt to systematic differences, such as …

Across two experiments, we examine the relationship between individual differences in
working memory (WM) and the acquisition of non-native speech categories in adulthood …

Individuals differ in their ability to perceive and learn unfamiliar speech sounds, but we lack
a comprehensive theoretical account that predicts individual differences in this skill …

Incidental learning is a well-known process of acquiring new knowledge, vocabulary, or
information without intention. Traditional or intentional learning is widely practiced in …

Listeners perceive speech sounds categorically. While group-level differences in categorical
perception have been observed in children or individuals with reading disorders, recent …

Adults can learn to identify nonnative speech sounds with training, albeit with substantial
variability in learning behavior. Increases in behavioral accuracy are associated with …

The current study investigated the extent to which naive listeners could incidentally acquire
non-native phonemic contrasts and the degree to which the frequency of exposure to the …

The study of perceptual flexibility in speech depends on a variety of tasks that feature a large
degree of variability between participants. Of critical interest is whether measures are …

Studies of non-native speech sound learning report considerable individual variability in
learning new sounds and retaining them in memory. The current study tested whether …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition primarily associated with its
motor consequences. Although much of the focus within the speech domain has focused on …