Investigating the role of attention in phonetic learning

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Distributional Phonetic Learning at 10 Months of Age. (2010, background): “…& Werker, 2009), the association of distinct sounds with diﬀerent facial articulatory cues (Teinonen et al., 2008), or even the presence of factors, such as social interaction (Kuhl, Tsao, & Liu, 2003) and attention (Conboy, Brooks, Taylor, Meltzoﬀ, & Kuhl, 2008; also see Guion & Pederson, 2007).”
Brain Mechanisms in Early Language Acquisition (2010, background): “Recent data suggest role for attention in adult second-language phonetic learning as ell (Guion and Pederson, 2007).”
What makes pronunciation teaching work? Testing for the effect of two variables: socially constructed metalanguage and critical listening (2011, background): “Rochet (1995) concludes that it is not a sensory-based loss but a change in selective attention that causes problems for adults learning pronunciation, while Guion and Pederson (2007) demonstrate that explicit directing of attention can help adult learners to better discern novel phonetic contrasts.”