The relationship between structural processing in music and language has received
increasing interest in the past several years, spurred by the influential Shared Syntactic …

Music and language are two complex systems that specifically characterize the human
communication toolkit. There has been a heated debate in the literature on whether music …

Abstract Language and music are two human-unique capacities whose relationship remains
debated. Some have argued for overlap in processing mechanisms, especially for structure …

The relationship between musical and linguistic skills has received particular attention in
infants and school-aged children. However, very little is known about pre-schoolers. This …

It is often claimed that music and language share a process of hierarchical structure
building, a mental “syntax.” Although several lines of research point to commonalities, and …

This review presents a highly selective survey of connections between music and language.
I begin by considering some fundamental differences between music and language and …

Daily activities can often be performed while listening to music, which could influence the
ability to select relevant stimuli while ignoring distractors. Previous studies have established …

Language and music are two human-unique capacities whose relationship remains
debated. Some have argued for overlap in processing mechanisms, especially for structure …

Despite differences in their function and domain-specific elements, syntactic processing in
music and language is believed to share cognitive resources. This study aims to investigate …

Introduction: The comprehension of musical tonal structure may rely on executive functions,
such as cognitive control and working memory updating, to orient the listener to a tonal …