The speech multi-feature MMN (Mismatch Negativity) offers a means to explore the
neurocognitive background of the processing of multiple speech features in a short time, by …

Lexical stress is an essential element of prosody. Mastering this prosodic feature is
challenging, especially in a free-stress foreign language for individuals native to a fixed …

Perceptual overlap has been attested as significantly contributing to difficulties in L2 speech
perception. The current study aims at investigating whether this effect is also observable in …

A recent dual-stream model of language processing proposed that the postero-dorsal
stream performs predictive sequential processing of linguistic information via hierarchically …

Different methods to acquire a language can contribute differently to learning success. In the
present study we tested the success of L2 stress contrasts acquisition, when ab initio …

Understanding speech at the basic levels entails the simultaneous and independent
processing of phonemic and prosodic features. While it is well‐established that phoneme …

Listeners in fixed-stress languages are less sensitive in processing stress contrasts in a
second language with contrastive stress (stress' deafness'). We investigated whether native …

Individual differences in working memory and musical aptitude, as well as task complexity
are crucial in predicting the performance of word stress perception in a second language …

Languages with contrastive stress, such as English or German, distinguish some words only
via the stress status of their syllables, such as “CONtent” and “conTENT”(capitals indicate a …

Introduction The paper examines the discrimination of lexical stress contrasts in a foreign
language from a neural perspective. The aim of the study was to identify the areas …