The right inferior frontal gyrus processes nested non-local dependencies in music

VKM Cheung, L Meyer, AD Friederici, S Koelsch - Scientific reports, 2018‏ - nature.com
Complex auditory sequences known as music have often been described as hierarchically
structured. This permits the existence of non-local dependencies, which relate elements of a …

The relationship between music training and cognitive flexibility: an ERP study

J Hao, Y Zhong, Y Pang, Y **g, Y Liu, H Li, J Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Background Music training involves several cognitive functions in the brain, particularly
executive function. Numerous studies have proven a link between the two. Cognitive …

Speech-specific categorical perception deficit in autism: An event-related potential study of lexical tone processing in Mandarin-speaking children

X Wang, S Wang, Y Fan, D Huang, Y Zhang - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Recent studies reveal that tonal language speakers with autism have enhanced neural
sensitivity to pitch changes in nonspeech stimuli but not to lexical tone contrasts in their …

Speech rhythm sensitivity and musical aptitude: ERPs and individual differences

C Magne, DK Jordan, RL Gordon - Brain and language, 2016‏ - Elsevier
This study investigated the electrophysiological markers of rhythmic expectancy during
speech perception. In addition, given the large literature showing overlaps between …

How musical experience affects tone perception efficiency by musicians of tonal and non-tonal speakers?

S Chen, Y Zhu, R Wayland, Y Yang - PloS one, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
Purpose To investigate if, regardless of language background (tonal or non-tonal),
musicians may show stronger CP than non-musicians; To examine if native speakers of …

Music training and cognitive abilities: Associations, causes, and consequences

S Swaminathan, EG Schellenberg - 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Music Training and Cognitive Abilities: Associations, Causes, and Consequences | The Oxford
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The combined effects of L1-specific and extralinguistic factors on individual performance in a tone categorization and word identification task by English-L1 and …

TJ Laméris, B Post - Second Language Research, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Adult second language learners often show considerable individual variability in the ease
with which lexical tones are learned. It is known that factors pertaining to a learner's first …

Musical experience facilitates lexical tone processing among Mandarin speakers: Behavioral and neural evidence

W Tang, W **ong, Y Zhang, Q Dong, Y Nan - Neuropsychologia, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Music and speech share many sound attributes. Pitch, as the percept of fundamental
frequency, often occupies the center of researchers' attention in studies on the relationship …