BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16960-b08f6a4316d1cd91140144c914748d44@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260410T133319Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211203T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211203T103000 SUMMARY:Catherine Pham – Noise-Induced Differences in the Complexity of Spoken L anguage DESCRIPTION:Speaking in noisy environments is a common everyday occurren ce\, yet\, beyond the acoustic level\, relatively few studies have inves tigated how noise affects language production. This study examines the e ffect of noise on the syntactic complexity of language production and as ks whether cognitive control predicts noise-induced modifications. Paire d with an experimenter\, participants completed a picture description ta sk against “loud party-level” multi-talker babble. Results suggest a com bination of speaker- and listener-oriented modifications. Speakers reduc ed the number of T-units\, clauses\, words\, and unfilled pauses they pr oduced in noise relative to silence. Interestingly\, individuals with we aker cognitive control showed the greatest reductions in clauses\, words \, and unfilled pauses. We consider these to be speaker-oriented modific ations driven by the distracting nature of background noise. Speakers al so produced fewer filled pauses and mazes in noise\, but these presumabl y listener-oriented changes were not significantly associated with cogni tive control. Thus\, speakers may alter their speech both to alleviate c ognitive burden on themselves and to facilitate listener comprehension.\ nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/catherine-pham/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Speaking in no isy environments is a common everyday occurrence, yet, beyond the acoust ic level, relatively few studies have investigated how noise affects lan guage production. This study examines the effect of noise on the syntact ic complexity of language production and asks whether cognitive control predicts noise-induced modifications. Paired with an experimenter, parti cipants completed a picture description task against “loud party-level” multi-talker babble. Results suggest a combination of speaker- and liste ner-oriented modifications. Speakers reduced the number of T-units, clau ses, words, and unfilled pauses they produced in noise relative to silen ce. Interestingly, individuals with weaker cognitive control showed the greatest reductions in clauses, words, and unfilled pauses. We consider these to be speaker-oriented modifications driven by the distracting nat ure of background noise. Speakers also produced fewer filled pauses and mazes in noise, but these presumably listener-oriented changes were not significantly associated with cognitive control. Thus, speakers may alte r their speech both to alleviate cognitive burden on themselves and to f acilitate listener comprehension.

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