Díaz Menéndez, Begoña, 1979-Cordero, GaëlHoogendoorn, JoyceSebastián Gallés, Núria2023-03-012023-03-012022Díaz B, Cordero G, Hoogendoorn J, Sebastian-Galles N. Second-language phoneme learning positively relates to voice recognition abilities in the native language: evidence from behavior and brain potentials. Front Psychol. 2022;13:1008963. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.10089631664-1078http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55980Previous studies suggest a relationship between second-language learning and voice recognition processes, but the nature of such relation remains poorly understood. The present study investigates whether phoneme learning relates to voice recognition. A group of bilinguals that varied in their discrimination of a second-language phoneme contrast participated in this study. We assessed participants’ voice recognition skills in their native language at the behavioral and brain electrophysiological levels during a voice-avatar learning paradigm. Second-language phoneme discrimination positively correlated with behavioral and brain measures of voice recognition. At the electrophysiological level, correlations were present at two time windows and are interpreted within the dual-process model of recognition memory. The results are relevant to understanding the processes involved in language learning as they show a common variability for second-language phoneme and voice recognition processes.application/pdfeng© 2022 Díaz, Cordero, Hoogendoorn and Sebastian-Galles. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1008963phoneme learningvoice recognitionsecond-languageevent-relate potentialsindividual variabilityinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess