Journal articles - SAP - Speech Acquisition & Perception Group (UPF)


Santolin, C; Russo, S; Calignano, G; Saffran, J; Valenza, E. The role of prosody in infants¿ preference for speech: A comparison between speech and birdsong. Infancy 2019; 24(5): 827-833. Publication link
Santolin, C; Saffran J. Non-Linguistic Grammar Learning by 12-Month-Old Infants: Evidence for Constraints on Learning. Journal of Cognition and Development 2019; 20(3): 433-441. Publication link
Sengupta, Pallabi; Burgaleta, Miguel; Zamora-López, Gorka; Basora, Anna; Sanjuan, Ana; Deco, Gustavo; Sebastian-Galles, Nuria. Traces of Statistical Learning in the Brain's Functional Connectivity after Artificial Language Exposure. Neuropsychologia 2019; (124): 246-253. Publication link
Mathilde, Fort; Ayneto-Gimeno, Alba; Escrichs, Anira; Sebastian-Galles, Nuria. Impact of bilingualism on infants' ability to learn from talking and non talking faces. Language Learning Journal 2018.
Nacar, Loreto; Guerrero-Mosquera, Carlos; Colomer, Marc; Sebastian-Galles, Nuria. Evoked and oscillatory EEG activity differentiates language discrimination in young monolingual and bilingual infants. Scientific Reports 2018; 8(2770). Publication link e-Repositori
Rosa-Salva, Orsola; Fiser, József; Versace, Elisabetta; Carola, Dolci; Chehaimi, Sarah; Santolin, Chiara; Vallortigara, Giorgio. Spontaneous Learning of Visual Structures in Domestic Chicks. Animals 2018; 8(8). Publication link
Santamaria-Garcia H, Soriano-Mas C, Burgaleta M, Ayneto A, Alonso P, Menchon J, Cardoner N, Sebastian-Galles N. Social context modulates cognitive markers in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Social Neuroscience 2018; 13(5): 579-593. Publication link
Santolin, Chiara; Saffran, Jenny R. Constraints on Statistical Learning Across Species. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2018; 22(1): 52-63. Publication link
Schmitz, Judith Bartoli, Eleonora Maffongelli, Laura Fadiga, Luciano Sebastian-Galles, Nuria D'Ausilio, Alessandro. Motor cortex compensates for lack of sensory and motor experience during auditory speech perception. Neuropsychologia 2018. Publication link e-Repositori
Schmitz, Judith; Díaz, Begoña; Fernandez Rubio, Karla; Sebastián Gallés, Núria. Exploring the relationship between speech perception and production across phonological processes, language familiarity, and sensory modalities. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 2018; 33(5): 527-546. Publication link e-Repositori
Silva Pereira, S.; López-Valcarce, R.; Pagès-Zamora, A. Parameter estimation in wireless sensor networks with faulty transducers: A distributed EM approach. Signal Processing 2018; 144: 226-237. Publication link
Ayneto A, Sebastian-Galles N. The influence of bilingualism on the preference for the mouth region of dynamic faces. Developmental Science 2017; 20(1): 1467-1487. Publication link e-Repositori
Baus C, Bas J, Calabria M, Costa A. Speak my language and I will remember your face better: An ERP study. Frontiers in Psychology 2017; 8. Publication link e-Repositori
Fort M, Brusini P, Carbajal J, Sun Y, Peperkamp S. A novel form of perceptual attunement: context-dependent perception of a native contrast in 14-month-old infants. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2017; 26: 45-51. Publication link
Fort M, Brusini P, Carbajal MJ, Sun Y, Dehaene-Lambertz G, Peperkamp S. The acquisition of native assimilation rules: evidence from event-related potentials. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2017.
Fort M, Lammertink I, Guevara-Rukoz A, Peperkamp S, Fikert P, Tsuji S. Symbuki: a meta-analysis on the emergence of sound symbolism in early language acquisition. Developmental Science 2017; 21(5): 1-13. Publication link
Guerrero-Mosquera, C.; Verleysen, M.; Navia-Vázquez, A. EEG feature selection based on mutual information: a comparison of different techniques based onfrequency analysis. (submitted). IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics 2017.
Leproult, R.; Guerrero-Mosquera, C.; Peigneux, P. Time frequency analysis for Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) in bed time extension: a MEG study. (in revision). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017.
Nácar, L. Guerrero-Mosquera, C.; Colomer, M.; Sebastián-Gallés, N. You sound familiar to me! Evoked and oscillatory EEG activity differentiates language discrimination in young monolingual and bilingual infants. (submitted). Scientific Reports 2017.
Burgaleta M, Sanjuan A, Ventura-Campos N, Sebastian-Galles N, Avila C. Bilingualism at the core of the brain. Structural differences between bilinguals and monolinguals revealed by subcortical shape analysis. NeuroImage 2016; 125: 437-445. Publication link e-Repositori
Díaz, B.; Erdocia, K.; de Menezes, R. F.; Mueller, J. L.; Sebastian-Galles, N.; Laka, I. Electrophysiological correlates of second-language syntactic processes are related to native and second language distance regardless of age of acquisition. Frontiers in Psychology 2016; 9(133). Publication link
Díaz, B.; Mitterer, H.; Broersma, M.; Escera, C.; Sebastian-Galles, N. Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: An MMN study on late bilinguals. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 2016; 19(5): 955-970. Publication link e-Repositori
Guerrero-Mosquera, C.; Borragán, G.; Peigneux, P. Automatic detection of noisy channels in fNIRS signal baed on correlation analysis. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 2016; 271: 128-138. Publication link
Lopez-Vicente M, Forns J, Suades-Gonzalez E, Esnaola M, Garcia-Esteban R, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Julvez J, Burgaleta M, Sebastian-Galles N, Sunyer J. Developmental trajectories in primary schoolchildren using n-back task. Frontiers in Psychology 2016; 7. Publication link e-Repositori
Schmitz, Judith; Díaz Menéndez, Begoña; Sebastián Gallés, Núria. Attention modulates somatosensory influences in passive speech listening. Journal of cognitive psychology 2016; 28(7): 791-806. Publication link e-Repositori
Brito, N. H., Sebastian-Galles N., Barr R. Differences in Language Exposure and its Effects on Memory Flexibility in Monolingual, Bilingual, and Trilingual Infants. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 2015; 18(4): 670-682. Publication link e-Repositori
De la Cruz Pavia, I., Elordieta G., Sebastian-Galles N., Laka I. On the role of frequency-based cues in the segmentation strategies of adult OV-VO bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 2015; 18(2): 225-241. Publication link
Fort M, Martin A, Peperkamp S. Consonants are more important than vowels for the maluma-takete effect. Language and Speech 2015; 58(2): 247-266. Publication link
Santamaria-Garcia, H.; Burgaleta, M.; Sebastian-Galles, N. Neuroanatomical markers of social hierarchy recognition in humans. A combined ERP - MRI study. The Journal of Neuroscience 2015; 35(30): 10843-10850. Publication link e-Repositori
Soley, G., Sebastian-Galles N. Infants prefer tunes previously introduced by speakers of their native language. Child Development 2015; 86(6): 1685-1692. Publication link e-Repositori
Sunyer J, Esnaola M, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Forns J, Rivas I, Lopez-Vicente M, Suades-Gonzalez E, Foraster M, Garcia-Esteban R, Basagana X, Viana M, Cirach M, Moreno T, Alastuey A, Sebastian-Galles N, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Querol X. Association between traffic-related air pollution in schools and cognitive development in primary school children: a prospective cohort study. PLoS Medicine 2015; 12(3): 1001792-1001792. Publication link e-Repositori
Burgaleta, M.; Baus, C.; Diaz, B.; Sebastian-Galles, N. Brain structure is related to speech perception abilities in bilinguals. Brain Structure and Function 2014; 219(4): 1405-1416. Publication link
Costa A, Sebastian-Galles N. How does the bilingual experience sculpt the brain?. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2014; 15(5): 336-345. Publication link e-Repositori
Forns J, Esnaola M, López-Vicente M, Suades-González E, Alvararez-Pedrerol M, Julvez J, Grellier J, Sebastián-Gallés N, Sunyer J. The n-back test and the attentional network task as measures of child neuropsychological development in epidemiological studies. Neuropsychology 2014; 28(4): 519-529. Publication link
Jin, Y., Díaz B., Colomer M., Sebastian-Galles N. Oscillation Encoding of Individual Differences in Speech Perception. PLoS ONE 2014; 9(7). Publication link e-Repositori
Santamaria-Garcia H, Pannunzi M, Ayneto A, Deco G, Sebastian-Galles N. 'If you are good, I get better': the role of social hierarchy in perceptual decision-making. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 2014; 9(10): 1489-1497. Publication link
Burgaleta M, Johnson W, Waber D, Colom R, Karama S. Cognitive ability changes and dynamics of cortical thickness development in healthy children and adolescents. NeuroImage 2013; 84(1): 810-819. Publication link
Colom R, Burgaleta M, Román FJ, Karama S, Álvarez-Linera J, Abad FJ, Martínez K, Quiroga MA., Haier RJ. Neuroanatomic overlap between intelligence and cognitive factors: Morphometry methods provide support for the key role of the frontal lobes. NeuroImage 2013; 72: 143-152. Publication link
Colom R, Román FJ, Abad FJ, Shih PC, Privado J, Froufe M, Escorial S, Martínez K, Burgaleta M, Quiroga MA. Adaptive n-back training does not improve fluid intelligence at the construct level: Gains on individual tests suggest that training may enhance visuospatial processing. Intelligence 2013; 41: 712-727. Publication link
Colom R, Stein JL, Rajagopalan P, Martínez K, Hermel D, Wang Y, Álvarez-Linera J, Burgaleta M, Quiroga MA, Shih PC, Thomson PM. Hippocampal structure and human cognition: Key role of spatial processing and evidence supporting the efficiency hypothesis in females. Intelligence 2013; 41: 129-140. Publication link
Duchon, A.; Perea M.; Sebastian-Galles N.; Marti A.; Carreiras M. EsPal: One-stop Shopping for Spanish Word Properties. Behavior Research Methods 2013; 45(4): 1246-1258. Publication link
Fort M, Kandel S, Chipot J, Savariaux C, Granjon L, Spinelli E. Seeing the initial articulatory gestures of a word triggers lexical access. Language and Cognitive Processes 2013; 28(8): 1207-1223. Publication link
Gervain J, Sebastian-Galles N, Díaz B, Laka I, Mazuka R, Yamane N, Nespor M, Mehler J. Word Frequency Cues Word Order in Adults: Cross-Linguistic Evidence. Frontiers in Psychology 2013; 2(10/2013). Publication link e-Repositori
Martinez K, Villalon-Reina J, Kessel D, Joshi A, Pineda JA, Jahanshad N, Nir T, Eschenburg K, Roman FJ, Burgaleta M, Solana AB, Quiroga MA, Colom R, Thompson PM. Exploratory factor analysis of brain networks reveals sub-networks related to cognitive performance. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2013. Publication link
Sebastian-Galles, N. Eyes wide shut: linking brain and pupil in bilbingual and monolingual toddlers. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2013; 17(5): 197-198. Publication link
Ventura-Campos, N.; Sanjuan, A.; Gonzalez, J.; Palomar-Garcia, A.M.; Rodriguez-Pujadas, A.; Sebastian-Galles, N.; Deco, Gustavo Ávila, César. Spontaneous brain activity predicts learning ability of foreign sounds. The Journal of Neuroscience 2013; 33(22): 9295-9305. Publication link e-Repositori
Weikum, W. M.; Vouloumanos A.; Navarra J.; Soto-Faraco S.; Sebastian-Galles N.;Werker J. F. Age-related sensitive periods influence visual language discrimination in adults. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 2013; 7. Publication link e-Repositori
Burgaleta M, Head K, Alvarez Linera J, Martinez K, Escorial S, Haier R, Colom R. Sex differences in brain volume are related to specific skills, not to general intelligence. Intelligence 2012; 40(1): 60-68. Publication link
Colom R, Quiroga MÁ, Solana Sánchez AB, Burgaleta M, Román FJ, Privado J, Escorial S, Martínez K, Alvarez Linera J, Alfayate E, García F, Lepage C, Hernández Tamames J, Karama S. Structural Changes after Videogame Practice Related to a Brain Network Associated with Intelligence. Intelligence 2012; 40(5): 479-489. Publication link
Garcia H, Pannunzi M, Deco G, Sebastian-Galles N. O-52 -Influences of social hierarchy on visual discrimination task. "I'm a better competitor if you are a good competitor". European Psychiatry 2012; 27(supl. 1). Publication link
Martínez K, Solana AB, Burgaleta M, Hernandez Tamames JA, Alvarez Linera J, Roman FJ, Alfayate E, Privado J, Quiroga MA, Karama S. Changes in Resting-State Functionally Connected Parietofrontal Networks After Videogame Practice. Human Brain Mapping 2012; 34(12): 3143-3157. Publication link
Pons, Ferran; Albareda-Castellot, Barbara; Sebastian-Galles, N. The interplay between input and initial biases: Asymmetries in vowel perception during the first year of life. Child Development 2012; 83(3): 965-976. Publication link
Ressel, Volker; Pallier, Cristopher; Ventura Campos, Noelia; Diaz, Begona; Roessler, Abeba; Avila, Cesar; Sebastian-Galles, Nuria. An effect of bilingualism on the auditory cortex. The Journal of Neuroscience 2012; 32(47): 16597-16601. Publication link e-Repositori
Sebastian-Galles, N.; Albareda-Castellot, Barbara; Weikum, Whitney M.; Werker, Janet F. A bilingual advantage in visual language discrimination in infancy. Psychological Science 2012; 23(9): 994-999. Publication link
Sebastian-Galles, N.; Diaz, Begoña. First and second language speech perception: Graded learning. Language Learning Journal 2012; 62(s2): 131-147. Publication link
Sebastian-Galles, N.; Soriano-Mas, Carles; Baus, Cristina; Diaz, Begoña; Ressel, Volker; Pallier, Christophe; Costa, Albert; Pujol, Jesus. Neuroanatomical markers of individual differences in native and non-native vowel perception. Journal of Neurolinguistics 2012; 25(3): 150-162. Publication link
Albareda-Castellot, B.; Pons, F.; Sebastian-Galles, N. The acquisition of phonetic categories in bilingual infants: new data from an anticipatory eye movement paradigm. Developmental Science 2011; 14(2): 395-401. Publication link Other resources
Bruner E, Martin Loeches M, Burgaleta M, Colom R. Midsagittal brain shape correlation with intelligence and cognitive performance. Intelligence 2011; 39(2): 141-147. Publication link
Diaz, B.; Sebastian-Galles, N.; Erdocia, K.; Mueller, J. L.; Laka, I. On the cross-linguistic validity of electrophysiological correlates of morphosyntactic processing: A study of case and agreement violations in Basque. Journal of Neurolinguistics 2011; 24(3): 357-373. Publication link
Martinez K, Burgaleta M, Roman FJ, Shih PC, Quiroga MA, Colom R. Can fluid intelligence be reduced to "simple" short-term storage?. Intelligence 2011; 39(6): 473-480. Publication link
Toro, J.M; Pons, F.; Bion, R; Sebastian-Galles, N. The contribution of language-specific knowledge in the selection of statistically-coherent word candidates. Journal of Memory and Language 2011; 64(2): 171-180.
Colomé, A.; Laka, I.; Sebastián-Gallés, N. Language effects in addition: How you say it counts. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 2010; 63(5): 965-983. Publication link
Dupoux, E.; Peperkamp, S.; Sebastian-Galles, N. Limits on bilingualism revisited: stress 'deafness' in simultaneous French-Spanish bilinguals. Cognition 2010; 114(2/2010): 266-275. Publication link
Hernández, M.; Costa, A.; Fuentes, L. J.; Vivas, A. B.; Sebastián-Gallés, N. The impact of bilingualism on the executive control and orienting networks of attention. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 2010; 13(3): 315-325. Publication link
Sebastián-Gallés, N. Bilingual Language Acquisition: Where Does the Difference Lie?. Human development 2010; 53(5): 245-255. Publication link
Costa, A.; Hernández, M.; Costa J.; Sebastián Gallés, Núria. On the Bilingual advantage in conflict processing: Now you see it, now you don't. Cognition 2009; 113(2): 135-149. Publication link
Cunillera, T.; Càmara, E.; Toro, J.M.; Marco-Pallares, J.; Sebastián-Galles, N.; Ortiz, H.; Pujol, J.; Rodríguez-Fornells, A. Time course and functional neuroanatomy of speech segmentation in adults. NeuroImage 2009; 48(3): 541-553. Publication link
Pons F, Lewkowicz D J, Soto-Faraco S, Sebastián-Gallés N. Narrowing of Intersensory Speech Perception in Infancy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2009; 106(26): 10598-10602. Publication link
Ramon-Casas, M.; Swingley, D.; Sebastian-Galles, N.; Bosch, L. Vowel categorization during word recognition in bilingual toddlers. Cognitive Psychology 2009; 59(1): 96-121. Publication link
Sebastián-Gallés N, Vera-Constán F, Larsson JP, Costa A, Deco G. Lexical Plasticity in Early Bilinguals Does Not Alter Phoneme Categories: II. Experimental Evidence. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 2009; 21(12): 2343-2357. Publication link
Sebastián-Gallés, N.; Bosch, L. Developmental Shift in the Discrimination of Vowel Contrasts in Bilingual Infants: Is the distributional account all there is to it?. Developmental Science 2009; 12(6): 874-887. Publication link
Skoruppa, K.; Pons, F.; Christophe, A.; Bosch, L.; Dupoux, E.;Sebastián-Gallés, N.; Alves Limissuri, R.; Peperkamp, S. Language-specific stress perception by nine-month-old French and Spanish infants. Developmental Science 2009; 12(6): 914-919. Publication link
Toro, J.M.; Sebastián-Gallés, N.; Mattys, S. The role of perceptual salience during the segmentation of connected speech. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology 2009; 21(5): 786-800. Publication link

Santolin, C; Russo, S; Calignano, G; Saffran, J; Valenza, E. The role of prosody in infants¿ preference for speech: A comparison between speech and birdsong. Infancy 2019; 24(5): 827-833.