CAREER: The role of the cortico-striatal system in implicit sound category learning — NSF Award to SUNY at Binghamton (NY, $815,26
Language learning starts with learning the sounds of that language (e.g., telling the difference between the sounds of /bear/ and /pear/ in English). Within the first year of life, infants readily pick up the speech sounds of their native language. However, learning new speech sounds is much more difficult in adulthood
| Award title | CAREER: The role of the cortico-striatal system in implicit sound category learning |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2441536 |
| Awardee | SUNY at Binghamton |
| City | BINGHAMTON |
| State | NY |
| Amount obligated | $815,269 |
| Principal investigator | Sung-Joo Lim |
| Program | Cognitive Neuroscience, Linguistics |
| Start date | 05/01/2025 |
| Abstract | Language learning starts with learning the sounds of that language (e.g., telling the difference between the sounds of /bear/ and /pear/ in English). Within the first year of life, infants readily pick up the speech sounds of their native language. However, learning new speech sounds is much more difficult in adulthood even after long-term training with explicit instruction and performance feedback. Recent studies have shown that adults can learn new sound categories implicitly—without conscious |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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