Speech and music shape the listening brain: evidence for shared domain-general mechanisms

Are there bi-directional influences between speech perception and music perception? An answer to this question is essential for understanding the extent to which the speech and music that we hear are processed by domain-general auditory processes and/or by distinct neural auditory mechanisms. This r...

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Main Authors: Salomi S. Asaridou, James M. McQueen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00321/full
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description Are there bi-directional influences between speech perception and music perception? An answer to this question is essential for understanding the extent to which the speech and music that we hear are processed by domain-general auditory processes and/or by distinct neural auditory mechanisms. This review summarizes a large body of behavioral and neuroscientific findings which suggest that the musical experience of trained musicians does modulate speech processing, and a sparser set of data, largely on pitch processing, which suggest in addition that linguistic experience, in particular learning a tone language, modulates music processing. Although research has focused mostly on music on speech effects, we argue that both directions of influence need to be studied, and conclude that the picture which thus emerges is one of mutual interaction across domains. In particular, it is not simply that experience with spoken language has some effects on music perception, and vice versa, but that because of shared domain-general subcortical and cortical networks, experiences in both domains influence behavior in both domains.
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spelling doaj.art-9571f32c9ac048f9a7fba4bb4434c4452022-12-22T01:38:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782013-06-01410.3389/fpsyg.2013.0032145635Speech and music shape the listening brain: evidence for shared domain-general mechanismsSalomi S. Asaridou0Salomi S. Asaridou1James M. McQueen2James M. McQueen3James M. McQueen4Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, NijmegenMax Planck Insitute for PsycholinguisticsDonders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, NijmegenMax Planck Insitute for PsycholinguisticsBehavioural Science Institute, Radboud University NijmegenAre there bi-directional influences between speech perception and music perception? An answer to this question is essential for understanding the extent to which the speech and music that we hear are processed by domain-general auditory processes and/or by distinct neural auditory mechanisms. This review summarizes a large body of behavioral and neuroscientific findings which suggest that the musical experience of trained musicians does modulate speech processing, and a sparser set of data, largely on pitch processing, which suggest in addition that linguistic experience, in particular learning a tone language, modulates music processing. Although research has focused mostly on music on speech effects, we argue that both directions of influence need to be studied, and conclude that the picture which thus emerges is one of mutual interaction across domains. In particular, it is not simply that experience with spoken language has some effects on music perception, and vice versa, but that because of shared domain-general subcortical and cortical networks, experiences in both domains influence behavior in both domains.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00321/fullLanguageMusicSpeechInteractionauditory processingtransfer effects
spellingShingle Salomi S. Asaridou
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Speech and music shape the listening brain: evidence for shared domain-general mechanisms
Frontiers in Psychology
Language
Music
Speech
Interaction
auditory processing
transfer effects
title Speech and music shape the listening brain: evidence for shared domain-general mechanisms
title_full Speech and music shape the listening brain: evidence for shared domain-general mechanisms
title_fullStr Speech and music shape the listening brain: evidence for shared domain-general mechanisms
title_full_unstemmed Speech and music shape the listening brain: evidence for shared domain-general mechanisms
title_short Speech and music shape the listening brain: evidence for shared domain-general mechanisms
title_sort speech and music shape the listening brain evidence for shared domain general mechanisms
topic Language
Music
Speech
Interaction
auditory processing
transfer effects
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00321/full
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