Singing Mandarin? What Short-Term Memory Capacity, Basic Auditory Skills, and Musical and Singing Abilities Reveal About Learning Mandarin

Learning Mandarin has become increasingly important in the Western world but is rather difficult to be learnt by speakers of non-tone languages. Since tone language learning requires very precise tonal ability, we set out to test whether musical skills, musical status, singing ability, singing behav...

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Main Authors: Markus Christiner, Julia Renner, Christine Groß, Annemarie Seither-Preisler, Jan Benner, Peter Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.895063/full