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

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 English (English or non-tonal musicians henceforth) or Mandarin Chinese (Mandarin or tonal musicians henceforth) can better accommoda...

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Main Authors: Si Chen, Yiqing Zhu, Ratree Wayland, Yike Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232514