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Passive exposure to speech sounds modifies change detection brain responses in adults

Kurkela, Jari,Hämäläinen, Jarmo,Leppänen, Paavo H.T.,Shu, Hua,Astikainen, Piia

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This is a sel -a chi ed e sion o an o iginal a icle. This e sion may di e om he o iginal in pagina ion and ypog aphic de ails. Au ho (s): Ti le: Yea : Ve sion: Copy igh : Righ s: Righ s u l: Please ci e he o iginal e sion: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 h ps://c ea i ecommons.o g/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Passi e exposu e o speech sounds modi ies change de ec ion b ain esponses in adul s © 2018 Else ie Inc. Accep ed e sion (Final d a ) Ku kela, Ja i; Hämäläinen, Ja mo; Leppänen, Paa o H.T.; Shu, Hua; As ikainen, Piia Ku kela, J., Hämäläinen, J., Leppänen, P. H., Shu, H., & As ikainen, P. (2019). Passi e exposu e o speech sounds modi ies change de ec ion b ain esponses in adul s. Neu oImage, 188, 208-216. h ps://doi.o g/10.1016/j.neu oimage.2018.12.010 2019 Accep ed Manusc ip Passi e exposu e o speech sounds modi ies change de ec ion b ain esponses in adul s L.O. Ku kela Ja i, A. Hämäläinen Ja mo, H.T. Leppänen Paa o, Shu Hua, As ikainen Piia PII: S1053-8119(18)32154-2 DOI: h ps://doi.o g/10.1016/j.neu oimage.2018.12.010 Re e ence: YNIMG 15478 To appea in: Neu oImage Recei ed Da e: 27 June 2018 Re ised Da e: 3 Decembe 2018 Accep ed Da e: 5 Decembe 2018 Please ci e his a icle as: Ku kela Ja i, L.O., Hämäläinen Ja mo, A., Leppänen Paa o, H.T., Hua, S., Piia, A., Passi e exposu e o speech sounds modi ies change de ec ion b ain esponses in adul s, Neu oImage (2019), doi: h ps://doi.o g/10.1016/j.neu oimage.2018.12.010. This is a PDF ile o an unedi ed manusc ip ha has been accep ed o publica ion. As a se ice o ou cus ome s we a e p o iding his ea ly e sion o he manusc ip . The manusc ip will unde go copyedi ing, ypese ing, and e iew o he esul ing p oo be o e i is published in i s inal o m. Please no e ha du ing he p oduc ion p ocess e o s may be disco e ed which could a ec he con en , and all legal disclaime s ha apply o he jou nal pe ain. MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 1 Passi e exposu e o speech sounds modi ies change de ec ion b ain 1 esponses in adul s 2 3 Ku kela Ja i L.O. 1* , Hämäläinen Ja mo A. 1 , Leppänen Paa o H.T. 1 , Shu Hua 2 , As ikainen 4 Piia 1 5 6 1 Depa men o Psychology, Uni e si y o Jy askyla, Jy äskylä, Finland 7 2 Na ional Key Labo a o y o Cogni i e Neu oscience and Lea ning, Beijing No mal 8 Uni e si y, Beijing, China 9 10 * Co esponding au ho : Depa men o Psychology, Ma ilanniemi 6-8, 40014 Uni e si y 11 o Jy askyla, Jy äskylä, Finland; phone: + 358 408054538; e-mail: ja i.ku kela@jyu. i 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 2 ABSTRACT 33 In ea ly li e audi o y disc imina ion abili y can be enhanced by passi e sound exposu e. In 34 con as , in adul hood passi e exposu e seems o be insu icien o p omo e disc imina ion 35 abili y, bu his has been es ed only wi h a single sho exposu e session in humans. We 36 es ed whe he passi e exposu e o un amilia audi o y s imuli can esul in enhanced 37 co ical disc imina ion abili y and change de ec ion in adul humans, and whe he he 38 possible lea ning e ec gene alizes o di e en s imuli. To add ess hese issues, we 39 exposed adul Finnish pa icipan s o Chinese lexical ones passi ely o 2 h pe day on 4 40 consecu i e days. Beha io al esponses and he b ain’s e en - ela ed po en ials (ERPs) 41 we e measu ed be o e and a e he exposu e o he same s imuli applied in he exposu e 42 phase and o sinusoidal sounds oughly mimicking he equency con ou in speech 43 sounds. Passi e exposu e modula ed he ERPs o speech sound changes in bo h igno e 44 (misma ch nega i i y la ency, P3a ampli ude and P3a la ency) and a end (P3b ampli ude) 45 es condi ions, bu no he beha io al esponses. Fu he mo e, e ec o passi e exposu e 46 ans e ed o he p ocessing o he sinusoidal sounds as indexed by he la ency o he 47 misma ch nega i i y. No co esponding e ec s in he ERPs we e ound in a con ol g oup 48 ha pa icipa ed o he es measu emen s, bu ecei ed no exposu e o he sounds. The 49 esul s show ha passi e exposu e o o eign speech sounds in adul hood can enhance 50 co ical disc imina ion abili y and a en ion o ien a ion owa d changes in speech sounds 51 and ha he lea ning e ec can ans e o non-speech sounds. 52 53 54 Keywo ds: pe cep ual lea ning, speech sounds, passi e exposu e, e en - ela ed po en ials 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 3 1. In oduc ion 66 67 68 In ea ly in ancy, co ical disc imina ion abili y is enhanced e en by passi e sound 69 exposu e alone (e.g., Cheou e al., 1998; Cheou e al., 2002; Kuhl, 2004; T aino , Lee, & 70 Bosnyak, 2011). In con as , in adul hood passi e sound exposu e in absence o aining 71 seems o be insu icien o a ec he neu al-le el disc imina ion abili y (Nää änen e al., 72 1993; Sheehan e al., 2005; Elme e al., 2017) o beha io al disc imina ion pe o mance 73 (W igh e al., 2010; 2015). Ins ead, e ec s o ac i e disc imina ion aining ha e been 74 shown in se e al s udies by measu ing he misma ch nega i i y (MMN) (K aus e al., 75 1995; T emblay e al., 1997; T emblay e al., 1998; Tamminen e al., 2015), P3a (A ienza 76 e al., 2004; U he e al., 2006; Seppänen e al., 2012) and P2 (A ienza e al., 2002; Reinke 77 e al., 2003; Sheehan e al., 2005) componen s o e en - ela ed po en ials (ERPs). These 78 componen s e lec p e-a en i e change de ec ion (MMN) and subsequen a en ion 79 shi ing (P3a) based on a memo y ace o med by he lea ned sound ea u e (Nää änen e 80 al., 2005; Polich, 2007) and sound ea u e encoding and s imulus classi ica ion (P2) ( o a 81 e iew see C owley & Col ain, 2004). 82 E en hough e ec s o passi e exposu e ha e been s udied on b ain esponses 83 ela ed o p e-a en i e change de ec ion, possible e ec s o passi e exposu e on a en i e 84 change de ec ion o sounds ha e no been in es iga ed, i.e. e ec s on N2b and P3b 85 componen s. 1-hou a en i e iden i ica ion aining wi h speech sounds, howe e , showed 86 lea ning- ela ed changes in N2b and P3b (Alain e al., 2010). In ano he s udy, 87 iden i ica ion aining esul ed in only enhanced P3b esponses and no changes in N2b 88 (Ben-Da id e al., 2011). Simila ly, a en i e disc imina ion aining wi h speech sounds 89 esul ed in enhanced P3b-like bu no N2b-like mic os a es in elec oencephalog aphy 90 (Gi oud e al., 2017). 91 E en i p e ious s udies ha e ailed o demons a e e ec o passi e exposu e on 92 audi o y change de ec ion in adul s (Nää änen e al., 1993; Sheehan e al., 2005; Elme e 93 al., 2017; W igh e al., 2010; 2015), passi e exposu e o sounds seems no o be en i ely 94 ine ec i e ei he . Pe cep ual lea ning on an audi o y disc imina ion ask (W igh e al., 95 2010) o on an iden i ica ion ask (W igh e al., 2015) ha is combined wi h sessions o 96 passi e exposu e is mo e e icien han he ac i e aining alone as indexed by beha io al 97 esponses (W igh e al., 2010; 2015). Fu he mo e, passi e exposu e o sounds inc eases 98 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 4 ampli ude o he P2 componen (Sheehan e al., 2005; T emblay e al., 2007; T emblay e 99 al., 2010; Ross e al., 2013). Thus, passi e exposu e seems o ha e a leas acili a ing 100 e ec on audi o y pe cep ual lea ning in adul hood. 101 One possible eason o he ailu e o he p e ious s udies in demons a ing he e ec 102 o passi e exposu e on disc imina ion abili y can be he sho , 1 - 2 hou , exposu e ime 103 ha has been used in p e ious s udies (Nää änen e al., 1993; Sheehan e al., 2005; Elme 104 e al., 2017). Ac i e aining s udies ha e p o ided aining o e se e al days, and his has 105 led o be e disc imina ion abili y as indexed by he enhancemen o he MMN, P3a and 106 P3b esponses (K aus e al., 1995; T emblay e al., 1997; Gi oud e al., 2017). 107 Fu he mo e, i has been shown ha sleep dep i a ion hinde s he lea ning- ela ed inc ease 108 in he MMN ampli ude and p e en s he appea ance o he P3a componen (A ienza e al., 109 2004). Thus, he lea ning- ela ed changes in co ical esponses seem o be sleep- 110 dependen , p obably equi ing memo y consolida ion du ing noc u nal sleep (Alain e al. 111 2015). Based on his assump ion, i could be possible ha he e ec s o me e passi e 112 exposu e eme ge i he exposu e is expanded on se e al days, allowing memo y 113 consolida ion. This has no ye been es ed explici ly, howe e . 114 The e idence on gene aliza ion o he audi o y lea ning o s imulus ea u es no 115 encoun e ed du ing aining is sca ce. The e a e some s udies showing ha equency o 116 syllable disc imina ion aining gene alizes o closely simila un ained s imuli ( o a 117 e iew see W igh & Zhang, 2009). One s udy applied MMN o s udy he gene aliza ion, 118 and showed ha ca ego iza ion aining o labial s op consonan gene alizes also o 119 al eola s op consonan as indica ed by he sho ened la ency and inc eased ampli ude o 120 he MMN o non- ained s imuli (T emblay e al., 1997). 121 In he p esen s udy, we es ed wo highly no el aspec s o audi o y pe cep ual 122 lea ning: i) E ec o passi e speech sound exposu e on change de ec ion and a en ion 123 o ien ing in igno e and a end es condi ions, and ii) i he e ec o passi e exposu e is 124 obse ed, whe he i gene alizes o igno ed non-speech s imuli. Adul na i e Finnish 125 pa icipan s we e exposed o speech sounds (changes in Chinese lexical ones) o a o al 126 o 8 hou s o e 4 days. ERPs we e eco ded be o e and a e he exposu e o he same 127 speech sounds and also o sinusoidal sounds oughly mimicking he pi ch con ou s o he 128 speech sounds. A con ol g oup ecei ed no exposu e bu pa icipa ed only in he ERP 129 eco dings a he same ime in e als as he expe imen al g oup. 130 We expec ha he passi e exposu e would esul in modula ions in he ERPs, 131 e lec ing changes in bo h p e-a en i e and a en i e change de ec ion and a en ion 132 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 5 o ien ing owa d changes (MMN, P3a, N2b, and P3b), as he exposu e ime is longe han 133 in he p e ious s udies (Nää änen e al., 1993; Sheehan e al., 2005; Elme e al., 2017) and 134 allows memo y ace consolida ion du ing he nigh s be ween he exposu e pe iods 135 (S ickgold, 2005; Alain e al., 2015). Changes in hese ERP componen s a e assumed o 136 occu due o he o ma ion o long- e m memo y ep esen a ions o he sounds, making 137 change de ec ion and a en ion o ien ing o hem mo e e icien (as in Nää änen e al., 138 1997; Winkle e al., 1999). We also hypo hesized, based on he indings on sound 139 equency aining (W igh & Zhang, 2009), ha he e ec o passi e exposu e ans e s o 140 he non-speech sounds. 141 142 143 2. Ma e ial and me hods 144 145 146 2.1 Pa icipan s 147 148 A o al o 39 monolingual Finnish-speaking pa icipan s (mean age = 23.0 yea s, 149 s anda d de ia ion [SD] = 3.3 yea s; 32 emales and 7 males) olun ee ed o he s udy. 150 They we e ec ui ed wi h announcemen s in he no ice boa ds and e-mail lis s o he 151 Uni e si y o Jy äskylä. The inclusion c i e ia o he s udy we e an age o 18–30 yea s, 152 igh -handedness, no mal hea ing measu ed using audiome y, and sel - epo ed no mal 153 ision (o co ec ed o no mal ision). The exclusion c i e ia o he s udy we e 154 neu ological o psychia ic diso de s, including sleep p oblems, and exposu e o o aining 155 in onal languages. Howe e , p e ious exposu e du ing ips o coun ies whe e onal 156 languages a e spoken (maximum o 2 weeks) was accep ed. W i en in o med consen was 157 ob ained om each pa icipan be o e inclusion in he s udy. The expe imen was 158 unde aken in acco dance wi h he Decla a ion o Helsinki, and he e hical commi ee o 159 he Uni e si y o Jy äskylä app o ed he esea ch p o ocol. 160 The pa icipan s we e di ided o wo g oups, one g oup o pa icipan s we e 161 passi ely exposed o speech sounds (n = 18, mean age = 21.7 yea s, SD ± 1.7) and he 162 o he se ed as a con ol g oup (n = 21, mean age = 24.1 yea s, SD ± 3.6). Da a was 163 collec ed in igno e and a end es condi ions (desc ibed below). F om bo h igno e and 164 a end condi ions da a o 3 pa icipan s we e omi ed om s a is ical analysis due o 165 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 6 ex ensi e a i ac s in he EEG. A e he omission, da a o 18 and 21 con ol g oup 166 pa icipan s and 18 and 15 passi e exposu e g oup pa icipan s emained o he igno e and 167 a end es condi ions, espec i ely. In he igno e es condi ion da a, 66.6% o he 168 pa icipan s in he exposu e g oup and he same po ion o he pa icipan s in he con ol 169 g oup had some musical aining o had played an ins umen o sang as a hobby. In he 170 a end es condi ion da a, his was he case o 66.6% o he exposu e g oup and 61.9% o 171 he con ol g oup pa icipan s. All he pa icipan s had s udied English and Swedish as a 172 o eign language. In addi ion, in he igno e es condi ion da a, 61.1% o he exposu e 173 g oup and 88.9% o he con ol g oup pa icipan s had s udied an addi ional language o 174 o e 2 yea s. In he a end es condi ion da a, his was he case o 73.3% o he exposu e 175 and 81.0% o he con ol g oup pa icipan s. 176 177 2.2 S imuli 178 179 We exposed he pa icipan s o lexical ones, since Finnish belongs o a quan i a i e 180 language g oup, and onal changes a e no pa o he phonological sys em in his 181 language. The e o e, we expec ed ha aining e ec s could be obse ed. Because 182 disc imina ion h eshold o he lexical ones applied in he s udy was no known o he 183 Finnish pa icipan s, and we did no wan he pa icipan s o ac i ely lis en o he sounds, 184 wo le els (la ge and small) o change we e selec ed o maximize he possibili y o ind an 185 exposu e e ec . 186 The sounds we e p epa ed so ha he i s phoneme /a/ was spoken by a emale 187 na i e Chinese speake wi h ising (i.e., Chinese lexical one 2) and alling (i.e., Chinese 188 lexical one 4) pi ch con ou , and hey we e eco ded a a sampling a e o 44.1 kHz. The 189 sounds we e hen digi ally edi ed using SoundFo ge so wa e (SoundFo ge 9, Sony 190 Co po a ion, Japan) o modi y hem o ha e a du a ion o 200 ms. To isola e he lexical 191 ones and keep he es o he acous ic ea u es iden ical, pi ch ie ans e was pe o med 192 using P aa so wa e (P aa 5.4.06, Uni e si y o Ams e dam). Pi ch ie ans e 193 gene a ed a ising one and a alling one, which we e iden ical o each o he , excep o a 194 pi ch con ou di e ence in undamen al equency (F0). These wo ones we e aken as he 195 endpoin s imuli o c ea e a con inuum o lexical ones wi h 10 in e al s eps. A mo phing 196 echnique was pe o med in MATLAB (Ma hWo ks, Inc., MA, US), and a STRAIGHT 197 ool (Kawaha a e al., 1999) was used o c ea e he h ee ones applied in he expe imen . 198 The epea edly p esen ed s anda d sound was he alling one (Fig. 1A), and de ian 199 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 7 sounds we e a sligh ly alling one (small de ian ), and a ising one (la ge de ian , Fig. 200 1A) co esponding o he ones 11, 7, and 3, espec i ely, on he one con inuum. All 201 s imuli we e no malized o ha e he same oo mean squa e in ensi y. The de ailed 202 p ocedu e conce ning how he s imuli we e gene a ed was epo ed p e iously elsewhe e 203 (Xi e al., 2010). 204 The sinusoidal sounds we e c ea ed using SoundFo ge so wa e (SoundFo ge 9, 205 Sony Co po a ion, Japan) and hey had he same du a ion (200 ms) and s a and end F0 as 206 he co esponding speech sounds. Fo he s anda d sound, he s a ing equency o F0 was 207 312 Hz and i g adually dec eased o 180 Hz. The la ge de ian had he s a ing F0 a 233 208 Hz and i inc eased g adually o 268 Hz (Fig. 1 B). Las ly, he small de ian had a s a ing 209 F0 a 268 Hz and i g adually dec eased o 215 Hz (Fig. 1B). 210 Du ing he p e- and pos -exposu e elec oencephalog am (EEG) eco dings and 211 du ing he exposu e, he sounds we e p esen ed in he oddball condi ion, whe e a 212 equen ly occu ing s anda d s imulus (p obabili y o 0.80) was in e spe sed wi h wo 213 de ian sounds (la ge o small, p obabili y o 0.10 o each), using E-p ime 1.2 214 (Psychology So wa e Tools Inc., Sha psbu g, USA) so wa e, esul ing in 1000 s imulus 215 p esen a ions wi h a sound p essu e le el (SPL) o 70 dB. The in e -s imulus in e al (ISI) 216 a ied andomly be ween 440 and 520 ms (o se o onse ). The s imuli we e deli e ed in a 217 pseudo andom ashion, wi h he es ic ion ha consecu i e de ian sounds we e sepa a ed 218 by a leas wo s anda d sounds. 219 220 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 14 Table 1. Summa y o he signi ican e ec s in he epea ed measu es o ANOVA o he a end condi ion 409 (speech sounds). * ma ks exposu e- ela ed e ec . Deg ees o eedom (d ), F- alues (F), P- alues (P), and 410 pa ie al e a squa ed (η   ) o e ec sizes a e epo ed. 411 Componen / a iable E ec d F P    N2b/ ampli ude S imulus ype 1,34 37.9 0.0001 0.53 De ian ype 1,34 5.2 0.030 0.13 Session 1,34 57.9 0.0001 0.63 Elec ode x G oup 2,33 3.5 0.043 0.17 De ian ype x S imulus ype 1,34 38.8 0.003 0.23 S imulus ype x Elec ode 2,33 6.4 0.004 0.28 Session x Elec ode 2,33 4.8 0.014 0.22 S imulus ype x elec ode x session 2,33 4.9 0.013 0.23 N2b (de ian )/ la ency De ian ype 1,34 77.36 0.0001 0.70 Session 1,34 9.46 0.004 0.22 Elec ode 2,33 9.91 0.0001 0.38 De ian ype x Session 1,34 4.17 0.049 0.11 P3b/ ampli ude De ian ype 1,34 32.18 0.0001 0.47 S imulus ype 1,34 97.03 0.0001 0.74 Session 1,34 4.68 0.038 0.12 Elec ode 2,33 22.08 0.0001 0.57 Elec ode x G oup 2,33 4.26 0.023 0.21 De ian ype x S imulus ype 1,34 34.93 0.0001 0.51 S imulus ype x Session 1,34 5.37 0.027 0.14 S imulus ype x Elec ode 2,33 33.64 0.0001 0.67 Session x Elec ode 2,33 5.05 0.012 0.23 S imulus ype x Elec ode x G oup 2,33 9.36 0.001 0.36 De ian ype x S im ype x Elec ode 2,33 6.42 0.004 0.28 De ian ype x S im ype x Session x G oup* 1,34 6.50 0.015 0.16 P3b (de ian )/ la ency De ian ype 1,34 8.99 0.005 0.21 Session 1,34 59.89 0.0001 0.64 Elec ode 1,34 4.08 0.027 0.20 412 3.1.4 Co ela ions be ween ERPs in a end condi ion and beha io al esponses 413 414 In he exposu e g oup, he e was a ma ginally signi ican co ela ion be ween he 415 pos measu emen P3b ampli ude and eac ion imes o he small de ian , = –0.497, p = 416 0.059, 99% CI [–0.80, –0.11]; he la ge he esponse ampli ude was, he as e he eac ion 417 ime became. O he co ela ions we e non-signi ican . 418 419 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 15 420 421 Fig. 2. G and a e aged P3b esponses in he exposu e g oup, n =15 and he con ol g oup, n = 21. The 422 g ay lines ep esen esponses o de ian sounds om he p e measu emen , and he black lines signi y he 423 esponses o de ian sounds om he pos measu emen . G and a e aged wa e o ms a e p esen ed as mean 424 alues om he collapsed elec ode clus e s (le , middle, and igh pa ie al; see Supplemen a y Fig. 1 and 3). 425 In lowe panel, g and a e aged scalp opog aphies o he de ian esponses as a mean ampli ude alue o he 426 analyzed ime window a 360–410 ms om he 128 elec odes o he P3b o he exposu e g oup and con ol 427 g oup a e shown . 428 429 430 431 432 433 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 16 434 435 Fig. 3. Passi e exposu e enhanced he P3b ampli ude. The mean ampli ude alues o P3b a e aged ac oss 436 he h ee elec ode clus e s (le , middle, and igh pa ie al) in 360–410 ms ime window. The whi e ba s 437 indica e he ampli ude alues a he p e measu emen , and he g ay ba s ep esen hose a he pos 438 measu emen . *** indica es a s a is ically signi ican di e ence (p < 0.05) and e o ba s indica e he 439 s anda d e o o he mean. Pos exposu e esponses o he de ian sounds we e enhanced compa ed o hose 440 in p e measu emen . No such e ec was ound in he con ol g oup. 441 442 443 3.2 Igno e condi ion o speech sounds 444 445 3.2.1 MMN componen 446 447 The e was no exposu e e ec o he ampli ude o he MMN esponse. Howe e , o 448 he MMM la ency, an in e ac ion e ec o session x g oup was ound (Table 2). Sepa a e - 449 es s o he g oups compa ing he la encies be ween p e and pos measu emen s showed 450 ha he de ian esponse la encies became sho e om he p e o pos measu emen s in 451 he exposu e g oup, while no such changes in la encies we e ound in he con ol g oup 452 (Fig. 4 and 5). 453 454 3.2.2 P3a componen 455 456 Fo he ampli ude o he P3a componen , an in e ac ion e ec o s imulus ype x 457 session x g oup was ound (Table 2). Subsequen ANOVA (s imulus ype x session) 458 pe o med sepa a ely o each g oup e ealed ha he e was an in e ac ion e ec o 459 s imulus ype x session in he exposu e g oup, F 1,17 = 5.66, p = 0.029, η   = 0.25, while no 460 session- ela ed main o in e ac ion e ec s we e obse ed in he con ol g oup 461 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 17 (Supplemen a y Table 4). Sepa a e - es s o s anda d and de ian esponses compa ing 462 he ampli ude change om p e o pos measu emen we e conduc ed o he exposu e 463 g oup. Responses o de ian sounds inc eased in ampli ude owa d a posi i e pola i y and 464 he same was obse ed o he esponses o he s anda d sounds (Fig. 4 and 5). 465 The passi e exposu e a ec ed he la encies o he de ian esponses in he P3a ime 466 window, as indica ed by he de ian ype x session x g oup in e ac ion e ec (Table 2). 467 Subsequen ANOVA (de ian ype x session) pe o med sepa a ely o each g oup 468 e ealed an in e ac ion e ec o de ian ype x session in he exposu e g oup, F 1,17 = 9.01, 469 p = 0.008, η   = 0.35. No session- ela ed main o in e ac ion e ec s we e ound in he 470 con ol g oup. Subsequen - es s compa ing la encies sepa a ely o he de ian ypes in 471 he exposu e g oup showed ha a e he exposu e, he la ency o P3a o he la ge change 472 was sho e (273.6 ms ± 14.9) han i was be o e he exposu e (294.0 ms ± 24.5), (17) = 473 2.92, p = 0.02, 95% CI [8.0, 34.0], d = 1.00 (Fig. 5). No e ec was ound o he small 474 change (Fig. 5). 475 476 Table 2. Summa y o he signi ican e ec s in he epea ed measu es o ANOVA o he igno e condi ion 477 whe e he speech sounds we e p esen ed. * ma ks exposu e- ela ed e ec . Deg ees o eedom (d ), F- alues 478 (F), P- alues (P), and pa ie al e a squa ed (    ) o e ec sizes a e epo ed. 479 480 Componen / a iable E ec d F P    MMN/ ampli ude S imulus ype 1,34 6.73 0.014 0.17 MMN (de ian )/ la ency Elec ode 2,33 5.14 0.011 0.24 De ian ype 1,34 6.92 0.013 0.17 De ian ype x Session 1,34 4.17 0.049 0.11 Session x G oup* 1,34 6,71 0.014 0.17 P3a/ ampli ude De ian ype 1,34 4,27 0.047 0.11 S imulus ype 1,34 4.34 0.045 0.11 Session 1,34 6.91 0.013 0.17 Elec ode 2,33 4.59 0.017 0.22 S imulus ype x G oup 1,34 46.57 < 0.0001 0.58 Session x G oup* 1,34 21.12 < 0.0001 0.38 De ian ype x G oup 1,34 13.76 0.001 0.29 De ype x S im ype x G oup 1,34 12.83 0.001 0.27 S imulus ype x Session x G oup* 1,34 9.90 0.003 0.23 S imulus ype x Elec ode x G oup 2,33 4.95 0.013 0.23 P3a (de ian )/ la ency Session x G oup* 1,34 4.78 0.036 0.12 De ian ype x Session x G oup* 1,34 6.64 0.014 0.16 481 482 483 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 18 484 Fig. 4. G and a e aged de ian esponses in he ime windows o he misma ch nega i i y (MMN) and 485 P3a esponses in he exposu e g oup, n = 18, and in he con ol g oup, n = 18. G and a e age wa e o ms 486 o de ian esponses (small and la ge de ian a e aged) a e p esen ed as mean alues om he collapsed 487 elec ode clus e s (le on al, middle on al, igh on al; see Ma e ial and me hods and Supplemen a y 488 Fig. 1 and 4). The g ay lines ep esen esponses in he p e measu emen , while black lines ep esen 489 esponses in he pos measu emen o he exposu e g oup and he con ol g oup. The ligh g ay ba s 490 ep esen he ime windows analyzed o he MMN and P3a esponses (190–240 ms and 250–300 ms pos 491 s imulus onse , espec i ely). In lowe panel, he g and a e aged scalp opog aphies o he esponses o 492 de ian sounds as a mean ampli ude alue o he analyzed ime window om he 128 elec odes o he 493 MMN and P3a o he exposu e g oup and he con ol g oup a e shown. 494 495 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 19 496 497 Fig. 5. Misma ch nega i i y la ency and P3a la ency and ampli ude a e enhanced a e he passi e 498 exposu e. The whi e and g ay ba s ep esen he mean alues om he p e and pos measu emen s, 499 espec i ely. E o ba s indica e he s anda d e o o he mean. *** indica es a s a is ically signi ican (p 500 < .05) di e ence. The la ency o he esponse o he de ian sounds in he MMN ime window sho ened 501 om he p e measu emen (222.45 ms ± 19.61)) o he pos measu emen (194.57 ms ± 24.81), (17) = 4.79, 502 p = 0.00, 95% CI [17.44, 39.78], d = 1.25), in he exposu e g oup, while he e we e no changes in he 503 con ol g oup. In addi ion, in he P3a ime window, de ian esponse la encies became signi ican ly sho e 504 o he la ge de ian a e he exposu e, bu no o he small de ian , and he e we e no changes in he 505 con ol g oup. S anda d esponse ampli udes we e mo e posi i e a e he exposu e (–0.05 µV ± 0.64) 506 compa ed o he p e measu emen (–0.53 µV ± 0.55), 17 = 3.18, p = 0.026, 95% CI [–0.79, –0.19], d = 0.80. 507 Also de ian esponse ampli udes became mo e posi i e a e he exposu e (0.57 µV ± 0.57) compa ed o he 508 p e measu emen (–0.30 µV ± 0.74), (17) = 4.70, p = 0.002, 95% CI [–1.23, –0.53], d = 1.32. 509 510 511 512 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 20 3.3 Igno e condi ion o sinusoidal sounds 513 The ans e e ec o non-exposed sound ea u es was es ed by p esen ing 514 sinusoidal sounds oughly mimicking he pi ch con ou s o he speech sounds in a passi e 515 oddball condi ion (Fig. 1C). The ans e e ec was in es iga ed o he componen s and 516 a iables showing g oup x session in e ac ion e ec s in he igno e condi ion whe e speech 517 sounds we e p esen ed, i.e. o he MMN la ency, P3a ampli ude and P3a la ency. 518 3.3.1 MMN componen 519 Fo he MMN la ency, he e was a signi ican in e ac ion e ec o elec ode clus e x 520 session x g oup (Table 3). Subsequen ANOVA (elec ode clus e x session) pe o med 521 sepa a ely o each g oup e ealed an signi ican main e ec session o bo h g oups F 1,17 = 522 15.03, p = 0.001, η   = 0.47; F 1,17 = 5.90, p = 0.027, η   = 0.26 (Supplemen a y able 5). 523 Pos hoc pai ed samples - es s compa ing la encies be ween p e and pos measu emen s 524 sepa a ely o g oups showed ha in he exposu e g oup he la encies go signi ican ly 525 sho e om p e measu emen (234.9 ms ± 10.58) o pos measu emen (215.27 ms ± 526 21.44), (17) = 3.88, p = 0.014, 95% CI [10.43, 29.74], d = 1.16). The e we e no changes 527 in he la encies in he con ol g oup. 528 Table 3. Summa y o he signi ican e ec s in he epea ed measu es o ANOVA o he sinusoidal sounds in 529 he igno e condi ion. * ma ks exposu e- ela ed e ec . Deg ees o eedom (d ), F- alues (F), P- alues (P), 530 and Pa ial e a squa ed (η   ) o e ec size a e epo ed. 531 Componen / a iable E ec d F P    MMN (de ian )/ La ency Elec ode 2,33 6.89 0.003 0.29 Session x G oup* 1,34 19.57 < 0.001 0.37 Session x Elec ode x G oup* 2,33 4.52 0.018 0.22 P3a/ S imulus 1,34 37.9 < 0.001 0.53 Ampli ude Elec ode 2,33 8.4 0.001 0.34 S imulus x G oup 1,34 12.4 0.001 0.27 S imulus x Session 1,34 4.2 0.047 0.11 S imulus x Session x Elec ode x G oup* 2.33 4.0 0.027 0.20 P3a (de ian )/ la ency De ian ype 1,34 7.36 0.01 0.18 De ian ype x G oup 1,34 5.65 0.023 0.14 532 3.3.2 P3a componen 533 Fo he P3a ampli ude, he e was an in e ac ion e ec o s imulus ype x elec ode 534 clus e x session x g oup (Table 3). The ollowing ANOVAs (elec ode clus e x session x 535 g oup) o he de ian esponses (Supplemen a y able 6) o (elec ode clus e x session x 536 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 21 g oup) pe o med sepa a ely o each elec ode clus e e ealed no session x g oup 537 in e ac ion e ec s (Supplemen a y able 7) Subsequen ANOVA (s imulus ype x elec ode 538 clus e x session) pe o med sepa a ely o each g oup e ealed signi ican in e ac ion 539 e ec o s imulus ype x elec ode clus e x session in he con ol g oup, while he e was 540 no session- ela ed e ec s in he exposu e g oup (Supplemen a y Table 8). T- es s 541 compa ing de ian and s anda d esponses sepa a ely om p e measu emen o pos 542 measu emen in each elec ode clus e was pe o med in he con ol g oup. They did no 543 e eal any signi ican esul s. 544 545 546 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 22 547 Fig. 6. G and a e aged MMN and P3a esponses o sinusoidal sounds. G and a e aged wa e o ms o 548 esponses e lec ing MMN and P3a in he exposu e g oup (n = 18) and he con ol g oup (n = 18). The g ay 549 lines ep esen esponses o de ian sounds (la ge and small de ian ypes a e aged) om he p e 550 measu emen , while black lines ep esen esponses o de ian sounds om he pos measu emen o he 551 exposu e g oup and he con ol g oup. The ligh g ay ba s ep esen he ime windows applied in he analysis 552 o o he P3a ampli ude (mean ampli ude alue be ween 300–350 ms). The mean scalp opog aphies o he 553 di e en ial esponse (s anda d sub ac ed om he de ian , de ian ypes a e aged) om he 128 elec odes 554 o he P3a o he exposu e g oup and he con ol g oup om he analyzed ime window. Al hough he e 555 was a signi ican s imulus ype x elec ode clus e x session x g oup e ec o he P3a ampli ude, pos -hoc 556 es s did no e eal any gene aliza ion o he exposu e e ec . Please no e ha he MMN ampli ude was no 557 in es iga ed since he e was no exposu e e ec o i . 558 559 MANUS CRIP T ACCEP TED ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 23 4. Discussion 560 561 562 He e we show in adul humans ha passi e exposu e o o eign speech sounds o 4 563 consecu i e days, 2 h pe day, enhanced he neu al disc imina ion abili y and a en ion 564 o ien a ion owa d changes in he speech sounds as indexed by ERPs eco ded in igno e 565 and a end es condi ions. The e ec o passi e exposu e o audi o y change de ec ion 566 mechanism has ea lie been ound only in in an s (Cheou e al., 1998; Cheou e al., 2002; 567 Kuhl, 2004; T aino , Lee, & Bosnyak, 2011). In he a end es condi ion, e ec o passi e 568 exposu e was demons a ed as enhanced P3b ampli ude. In he igno e es condi ion, 569 e ec s o passi e exposu e we e demons a ed as sho ened la ency o he MMN and 570 enhanced ampli ude and sho ened la ency o he P3a. 571 The lea ning e ec gene alized o some ex end o no el sounds: he la ency o he 572 MMN sho ened o he sinusoidal sounds no encoun e ed du ing he exposu e phase. This 573 e ec was demons a ed only in he exposu e g oup, no in he con ol g oup. 574 E ec s o audi o y pe cep ual lea ning ha e a ely been es ed o a en i e change 575 de ec ion. He e we showed ha passi e exposu e enhanced he ampli ude o he P3b and 576 he e was end owa ds signi ican co ela ion be ween he enhanced P3b ampli ude and 577 sho ened beha io al eac ion imes o small de ian . P e iously, i has been shown ha 578 when he pe cep ual ask becomes easie , he P3b ampli ude inc eases (Is eal e al., 1985). 579 Ou esul s a e also in line wi h one p e ious s udy which showed ha ac i e aining o 580 disc imina e speech sounds enhances he mic os a es ela ed o he P3b componen 581 accompanied by imp o emen s in beha io al eac ion imes (Gi oud e al., 2017). In he 582 ligh o he con ex -upda ing model (Polich, 2007), passi e exposu e seems o ease 583 compa ison p ocess be ween he ep esen a ion o he s anda d sound in memo y and he 584 de ian sound inpu , which is also e lec ed as sho ened eac ion imes. 585 N2b was he o he componen ha was in es iga ed in he a end es condi ion. 586 He e, he ampli ude o he N2b was no enhanced, no was i s la ency sho ened due o 587 passi e exposu e. In p io s udies applying a en i e aining, in line wi h ou indings, 588 N2b was no enhanced du ing iden i ica ion ask (Ben-Da id e al. 2011) o du ing 589 disc imina ion ask (Gi oud e al. 2017). Howe e , a s udy ha had longe p ac ice pe iod 590 han in s udy by Ben-Da id e al. (2011) epo ed ha enhancemen in abili y o iden i y 591 speech sounds we e ollowed by inc eased N2b (Alain e al. 2010). I emains hus unclea 592