한국인들과 영어원어민들의 영어 고모음 인지에 관한 사건관련 뇌전위 연구

Abstract

This study examined English and Korean speakers' brain responses to English vowels. An ERP experiment was conducted using synthesized vowels to obtain brain waves and find their differences called mismatch negativity (MMN). The experiment results showed that both English and Korean speakers' brain waves had negative peaks around the same time after they heard the stimuli. However, the MMN peak of the English speakers was higher during longer periods than that of the Korean speakers. This is assumed to be a typical pattern for native speakers when they involuntarily hear phonemes of their mother tongue. There was no statistical difference between the Korean speakers' brain responses based on English proficiency levels. (Dongguk University – Seoul)