?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+limit+on+behavioral+plasticity+in+speech+perception.&rft.creator=Pallier%2C+C.&rft.creator=Bosch%2C+L.&rft.creator=Sebastian-Gall%C3%A9s%2C+N.&rft.subject=Phonology&rft.subject=Neurolinguistics&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.subject=Psychophysics&rft.description=It+is+well+attested+that+we+perceive+speech+through+the+filter+of+our+native+language%3A+a+classic+example+is+that+of+Japanese+listeners+who+cannot+discriminate+between+the+American+%2Fl%2F+and+%2Fr%2F+and+identify+both+as+their+own+%2Fr%2F+phoneme+(Goto%2C+1971).+Studies+in+the+laboratory+have+shown%2C+however%2C+that+perception+of+non-native+speech+sounds+can+be+learned+through+training+(Lively%2C+Pisoni%2C+Yamada%2C+%26+Tohkura%2C+1994).+This+is+consistent+with+neurophysiological+evidence+showing+considerable+experience-dependent+plasticity+in+the+brain+at+the+first+levels+of+sensory+processing+(Edeline+%26+Weinberger%2C+1993%3B+Kraus%2C+et+al.%2C+1995%3B+Merzenich+%26+Sameshima%2C+1993%3B+Weinberger%2C+1993).+Outside+of+the+laboratory%2C+however%2C+the+situation+seems+to+differ%3A+we+here+report+a+study+involving+Spanish-Catalan+bilingual+subjects+who+have+had+the+best+opportunities+to+learn+a+new+contrast+but+did+not+do+it.+Our+study+demonstrates+a+striking+lack+of+behavioral+plasticity%3A+early+and+extensive+exposure+to+a+second+language+is+not+sufficient+to+attain+the+ultimate+phonological+competence+of+native+speakers.&rft.date=1997-09&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F743%2F1%2Fplast.ps&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F743%2F5%2Fplast.pdf&rft.identifier=++Pallier%2C+C.+and+Bosch%2C+L.+and+Sebastian-Gall%C3%A9s%2C+N.++(1997)+A+limit+on+behavioral+plasticity+in+speech+perception.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F743%2F