Eline A Smit
Biographic Data
| ID | 1691949 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eline A Smit |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eline A |
| FAMILY NAME | Smit |
| SIGNATURE | SMIT E A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Konstanz |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0250-378X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The role of native language and beat perception ability in the perception of speech rhythm
The perception of rhythm has been studied across a range of auditory signals, with speech presenting one of the particularly challenging cases to capture and explain. Here, we asked if rhythm perception in speech is guided by perceptual biases arising from native language structures, if it is shaped by the cognitive ability to perceive a regular beat, or a combination of both. Listeners of two prosodically distinct languages - English and French …
Beyond musical training
When a spoken phrase is repeated several times, listeners often report a perceptual illusion during which speech is transformed into song. The speech-to-song (STS) illusion is often attributed to prosodic elements of speech, though listeners can vary greatly in their STS experience. While previous research established robust links between music aptitude and STS, the present study asks whether other cognitive traits may also influence STS. Individ…
Testing Rhythmic Abilities in Developmental Dyslexia
Rhythm processing deficits in developmental dyslexia (DD) span across different rhythmic subcomponents and are difficult to capture using one experimental paradigm. How are dyslexic deficits related to motor periodicity, i.e., the execution of repetitive actions while internally generating rhythm? The present experiment investigated rhythm production in DD by means of unprompted tapping paradigm, testing the hypothesis that the ability to interna…
Investigating Orthographic Versus Auditory Cross-Situational Word Learning With Online and Laboratory-Based Testing
Research has shown that novel words can be learned through the mechanism of statistical or cross-situational word learning (CSWL). So far, CSWL studies using adult populations have focused on the presentation of spoken words. However, words can also be learned through their written form. This study compared auditory and orthographic presentations of novel words with different degrees of phonological overlap using CSWL in a laboratory-based and an…
Evaluative conditioning of responses to unfamiliar chords by exposure to valenced images
The extent to which emotional responses to musical elements are influenced by their past associations with specific emotional responses is largely unknown. To assess this possibility, the present study tested whether pairing positive, negative, or neutral chords from an unfamiliar musical system (a microtonal Bohlen–Pierce tuning) with positively or negatively valenced pictures would have an effect on subsequent liking ratings. The microtonal cho…
Making the Unfamiliar Familiar
Affective responses to music have been shown to be influenced by the psychoacoustic features of the acoustic signal, learned associations between musical features and emotions, and familiarity with a musical system through exposure. The present article reports two experiments investigating whether short-term exposure has an effect on valence and consonance ratings of unfamiliar musical chords from the Bohlen-Pierce system, which are not based on …
The Need for Composite Models of Music Perception
In the article “Consonance preferences within an unconventional tuning system,” Friedman and colleagues (2021) examine consonance ratings of a large range of dyads and triads from the Bohlen-Pierce chromatic just (BPCJ) scale. The study is designed as a replication of a recent paper by Bowling, Purves, and Gill (2018), which proposes that perception of consonance in dyads, triads, and tetrads can be predicted by their harmonic similarity to human…
Probability of Heritage Language Use at a Supportive Early Childhood Setting in Australia
Despite well-established research that documents the intellectual, linguistic, sociocultural and familiar benefits of early childhood bilingualism, Australia’s provision of heritage language (HL) support in early childhood (EC) settings is fairly minimal, resulting in little to no access to the HL outside of the home. We report on language data from a long day care preschool that has an open bilingual policy, where two languages (HL and English) …
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Probability of Heritage Language Use at a Supportive Early Childhood Setting in Australia
Despite well-established research that documents the intellectual, linguistic, sociocultural and familiar benefits of early childhood bilingualism, Australia’s provision of heritage language (HL) support in early childhood (EC) settings is fairly minimal, resulting in little to no access to the HL outside of the home. We report on language data from a long day care preschool that has an open bilingual policy, where two languages (HL and English) …
The Need for Composite Models of Music Perception
In the article “Consonance preferences within an unconventional tuning system,” Friedman and colleagues (2021) examine consonance ratings of a large range of dyads and triads from the Bohlen-Pierce chromatic just (BPCJ) scale. The study is designed as a replication of a recent paper by Bowling, Purves, and Gill (2018), which proposes that perception of consonance in dyads, triads, and tetrads can be predicted by their harmonic similarity to human…
Evaluative conditioning of responses to unfamiliar chords by exposure to valenced images
The extent to which emotional responses to musical elements are influenced by their past associations with specific emotional responses is largely unknown. To assess this possibility, the present study tested whether pairing positive, negative, or neutral chords from an unfamiliar musical system (a microtonal Bohlen–Pierce tuning) with positively or negatively valenced pictures would have an effect on subsequent liking ratings. The microtonal cho…
Making the Unfamiliar Familiar
Affective responses to music have been shown to be influenced by the psychoacoustic features of the acoustic signal, learned associations between musical features and emotions, and familiarity with a musical system through exposure. The present article reports two experiments investigating whether short-term exposure has an effect on valence and consonance ratings of unfamiliar musical chords from the Bohlen-Pierce system, which are not based on …
Investigating Orthographic Versus Auditory Cross-Situational Word Learning With Online and Laboratory-Based Testing
Research has shown that novel words can be learned through the mechanism of statistical or cross-situational word learning (CSWL). So far, CSWL studies using adult populations have focused on the presentation of spoken words. However, words can also be learned through their written form. This study compared auditory and orthographic presentations of novel words with different degrees of phonological overlap using CSWL in a laboratory-based and an…
Testing Rhythmic Abilities in Developmental Dyslexia
Rhythm processing deficits in developmental dyslexia (DD) span across different rhythmic subcomponents and are difficult to capture using one experimental paradigm. How are dyslexic deficits related to motor periodicity, i.e., the execution of repetitive actions while internally generating rhythm? The present experiment investigated rhythm production in DD by means of unprompted tapping paradigm, testing the hypothesis that the ability to interna…
The role of native language and beat perception ability in the perception of speech rhythm
The perception of rhythm has been studied across a range of auditory signals, with speech presenting one of the particularly challenging cases to capture and explain. Here, we asked if rhythm perception in speech is guided by perceptual biases arising from native language structures, if it is shaped by the cognitive ability to perceive a regular beat, or a combination of both. Listeners of two prosodically distinct languages - English and French …
Beyond musical training
When a spoken phrase is repeated several times, listeners often report a perceptual illusion during which speech is transformed into song. The speech-to-song (STS) illusion is often attributed to prosodic elements of speech, though listeners can vary greatly in their STS experience. While previous research established robust links between music aptitude and STS, the present study asks whether other cognitive traits may also influence STS. Individ…
Psychology (8 works) · Cognitive psychology (7 works) · Neuroscience and Music Perception (6 works) · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Perception (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Musical (3 works) · Neuroscience (3 works)