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Sari Ylinen

University of Helsinki
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Mismatch negativity (MMN) elicited by changes in phoneme length: A cross-linguistic study

S Ylinen, A Shestakova, M Huotilainen, P Alku… - Brain research, 2006 - Elsevier
Speech sounds representing different phonetic categories are typically easier to discriminate
than sounds belonging to the same category. This phenomenon is referred to as the …

Training the brain to weight speech cues differently: A study of Finnish second-language users of English

S Ylinen, M Uther, A Latvala, S Vepsäläinen… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2010 - direct.mit.edu
Foreign-language learning is a prime example of a task that entails perceptual learning.
The correct comprehension of foreign-language speech requires the correct recognition of …

Predictive coding of phonological rules in auditory cortex: A mismatch negativity study

S Ylinen, M Huuskonen, K Mikkola, E Saure… - Brain and language, 2016 - Elsevier
The brain is constantly generating predictions of future sensory input to enable efficient
adaptation. In the auditory domain, this applies also to the processing of speech. Here we aimed …

Predictive coding accelerates word recognition and learning in the early stages of language development

S Ylinen, A Bosseler, K Junttila… - Developmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to predict future events in the environment and learn from them is a fundamental
component of adaptive behavior across species. Here we propose that inferring predictions …

Establishing neural representations for new word forms in 12-month-old infants

S Ylinen, E Suppanen, I Winkler… - Frontiers in Human …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
During the first year of life, infants start to learn the lexicon of their native language. Word
learning includes the establishment of longer-term representations for the phonological form …

Two distinct auditory-motor circuits for monitoring speech production as revealed by content-specific suppression of auditory cortex

S Ylinen, A Nora, A Leminen, T Hakala… - Cerebral …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Speech production, both overt and covert, down-regulates the activation of auditory cortex.
This is thought to be due to forward prediction of the sensory consequences of speech, …

Effects of prosodic familiarity on the automatic processing of words in the human brain

S Ylinen, K Strelnikov, M Huotilainen… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
We aimed to determine the effect of prosodic familiarity on automatic word processing in the
brain by comparing the mismatch negativity (MMN) components of the event-related brain …

The perception of phonological quantity based on durational cues by native speakers, second-language users and nonspeakers of Finnish

S Ylinen, A Shestakova, P Alku… - Language and …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Some languages, such as Finnish, use speech-sound duration as the primary cue for a
phonological quantity distinction. For second-language (L2) learners, quantity is often difficult to …

[HTML][HTML] Diminished brain responses to second-language words are linked with native-language literacy skills in dyslexia

S Ylinen, K Junttila, M Laasonen, P Iverson, L Ahonen… - Neuropsychologia, 2019 - Elsevier
Dyslexia is characterized by poor reading skills, yet often also difficulties in second-language
learning. The differences between native- and second-language speech processing and …

Modulation of the mismatch negativity (MMN) to vowel duration changes in native speakers of Finnish and German as a result of language experience

U Kirmse, S Ylinen, M Tervaniemi, M Vainio… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
While crucial for phoneme distinctions in the Finnish language, mere vowel duration is of
lower relevance as a phonetically distinctive cue in the German language. To investigate the …