What you hear first, is what you get: Initial metrical cue presentation modulates syllable detection in sentence processing

Auditory rhythms create powerful expectations for the listener. Rhythmic cues with same temporal structure as subsequent sentences enhance processing compared irregular or mismatched cues. In present study, we focus on syllable detection following matched rhythmic Cues were aligned at (low-level cue) accented (high-level level. A different group of participants performed task without to provide a baseline. We hypothesized that unaccented would be faster after low-level cues, and high-level There was no difference in depending whether sentence preceded by cue. However, results revealed priming effect cue heard first. Participants who first detect than syllables, syllables The low-level-first showed between syllables. baseline experiment confirmed hearing removed benefit grouping These suggest initially perceived influenced perception its influence detection. Results are discussed terms dynamic attending, context effects, implications effects neural entrainment.