Rule learning over consonants and vowels in a non-human animal
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- dc.contributor.author Martínez de la Mora, Daniela, 1983-ca
- dc.contributor.author Toro Soto, Juan Manuel, 1976-ca
- dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-04T13:31:28Z
- dc.date.available 2017-10-04T13:31:28Z
- dc.date.issued 2013
- dc.description.abstract Perception studies have shown similarities between humans and other animals in a wide array of language-related processes. However, the components of language that make it uniquely human have not been fully identified. Here we show that nonhuman animals extract rules over speech sequences that are difficult for humans. Specifically, animals easily learn rules over both consonants and vowels, while humans do it only over vowels. In Experiment 1, rats learned a rule implemented over vowels in CVCVCV nonsense words. In Experiment 2, rats learned the rule when it was implemented over the consonants. In both experiments, rats generalized such knowledge to novel words they had not heard before. Using the same stimuli, human adults learned the rules over the vowels but not over the consonants. These results suggest differences between humans and animals on speech processing might lie on the constraints they face while extracting information from the signal.en
- dc.description.sponsorship This research was supported by grants Consolider Ingenio CSD2007-00012 and PSI2010-20029. Also by a Ramón y Cajal fellowship (RYC-2008-02909) and ERC Starting Grant agreement n. 312519 to JMT.en
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- dc.identifier.citation De la Mora DM, Toro JM. Rule learning over consonants and vowels in a non-human animal. Cognition. 2013;126(2):307-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.09.015
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2012.09.015
- dc.identifier.issn 0010-0277
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/32848
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Elsevierca
- dc.relation.ispartof Cognition. 2013;126(2):307-12.
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/312519
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/PSI2010-20029
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/PN/CSD2007-00012
- dc.rights © Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2012.09.015
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- dc.subject.keyword Speech perceptionen
- dc.subject.keyword Rule-learningen
- dc.subject.keyword Consonants and vowelsen
- dc.subject.keyword Animal cognitionen
- dc.title Rule learning over consonants and vowels in a non-human animalca
- dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
- dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion