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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience of Aging
  • Speech Perception

Background:

  • Younger adults demonstrate lexically guided perceptual learning in speech.
  • Phonetic category boundaries are crucial for speech perception.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if older adults can retune phonetic category boundaries.
  • To compare the magnitude and stability of perceptual learning effects between younger and older adults.
  • To determine if lexical behavior predicts perceptual learning strength in older adults.

Main Methods:

  • Age group comparison of speech perception tasks.
  • Lexical decision tasks during exposure.
  • Analysis of learning effect magnitude and stability.

Main Results:

  • Older adults show lexically guided perceptual learning.
  • Learning effects were smaller but more stable in older adults compared to younger adults.
  • Lexical decision performance correlated with perceptual learning magnitude in older adults.

Conclusions:

  • Speech perception remains flexible across the lifespan.
  • Age-related differences in perceptual learning may stem from reduced cognitive flexibility or altered spoken-word recognition dynamics.
  • Findings suggest that the speech perception system retains adaptability throughout life.