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<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "A limit on behavioral plasticity in speech perception."^^ . "It is well attested that we perceive speech through the filter of our native language: a classic example is that of Japanese listeners who cannot discriminate between the American /l/ and /r/ and identify both as their own /r/ phoneme (Goto, 1971). Studies in the laboratory have shown, however, that perception of non-native speech sounds can be learned through training (Lively, Pisoni, Yamada, & Tohkura, 1994). This is consistent with neurophysiological evidence showing considerable experience-dependent plasticity in the brain at the first levels of sensory processing (Edeline & Weinberger, 1993; Kraus, et al., 1995; Merzenich & Sameshima, 1993; Weinberger, 1993). Outside of the laboratory, however, the situation seems to differ: 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: early and extensive exposure to a second language is not sufficient to attain the ultimate phonological competence of native speakers."^^ . "1997-09" . . . "64" . "3" . . "Cognition"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "N."^^ . "Sebastian-Gallés"^^ . "N. Sebastian-Gallés"^^ . . "L."^^ . "Bosch"^^ . "L. Bosch"^^ . . "C."^^ . "Pallier"^^ . "C. Pallier"^^ . . . . . . "A limit on behavioral plasticity in speech perception. (Postscript)"^^ . . . . . . "plast.ps"^^ . . . "A limit on behavioral plasticity in speech perception. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "A limit on behavioral plasticity in speech perception. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . "plast.pdf"^^ . . . "A limit on behavioral plasticity in speech perception. (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #743 \n\nA limit on behavioral plasticity in speech perception.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Phonology" . . . "Neurolinguistics" . . . "Perceptual Cognitive Psychology" . . . "Psycholinguistics" . . . "Psychophysics" . .