Speech perception as a window for understanding plasticity and commitment in language systems of the brain
In this article, we provide a critical review of the literature on speech perception and
phonological processing in infancy, and in populations with different experiential histories as …
phonological processing in infancy, and in populations with different experiential histories as …
Attention and the right-ear advantage: What is the connection?
M Hiscock, M Kinsbourne - Brain and cognition, 2011 - Elsevier
Dichotic listening originally was a means of studying attention. Half a century ago Doreen
Kimura parlayed the dichotic method into a noninvasive indicator of lateralized cerebral …
Kimura parlayed the dichotic method into a noninvasive indicator of lateralized cerebral …
Identification and discrimination of Mandarin Chinese tones by Mandarin Chinese vs. French listeners
Previous work has not yielded clear conclusions about the categorical nature of perception
of tone contrasts by native listeners of tone languages. We reopen this issue in a cross …
of tone contrasts by native listeners of tone languages. We reopen this issue in a cross …
Training English and Chinese listeners to perceive Thai tones: A preliminary report
RP Wayland, SG Guion - Language Learning, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The ability of native English (NE) and native Chinese (NC) speakers to identify and
discriminate the mid‐versus the low‐tone contrast in Thai was investigated before and after …
discriminate the mid‐versus the low‐tone contrast in Thai was investigated before and after …
Hemispheric roles in the perception of speech prosody
Speech prosody is processed in neither a single region nor a specific hemisphere, but
engages multiple areas comprising a large-scale spatially distributed network in both …
engages multiple areas comprising a large-scale spatially distributed network in both …
fMRI evidence for cortical modification during learning of Mandarin lexical tone
Functional magnetic resonance imaging was employed before and after six native English
speakers completed lexical tone training as part of a program to learn Mandarin as a second …
speakers completed lexical tone training as part of a program to learn Mandarin as a second …
Syllable, phoneme, and tone: Psycholinguistic units in early Chinese and English word recognition
C McBride-Chang, X Tong, H Shu… - Scientific Studies of …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Tasks of word reading in Chinese and English; nonverbal IQ; speeded naming; and units of
syllable onset (a phoneme measure), syllable, and tone detection awareness were …
syllable onset (a phoneme measure), syllable, and tone detection awareness were …
Human frequency-following response: representation of pitch contours in Chinese tones
A Krishnan, Y Xu, JT Gandour, PA Cariani - Hearing research, 2004 - Elsevier
Auditory nerve single-unit population studies have demonstrated that phase-locking plays a
dominant role in the neural encoding of both the spectrum and voice pitch of speech sounds …
dominant role in the neural encoding of both the spectrum and voice pitch of speech sounds …
[PDF][PDF] Lexical tone perception in musicians and non-musicians.
It has been suggested that music and speech maintain entirely dissociable mental
processing systems. The current study, however, provides evidence that there is an overlap …
processing systems. The current study, however, provides evidence that there is an overlap …
Perception of tones by infants learning a non-tone language
This article examines the perception of tones by non-tone-language-learning (non-tone-
learning) infants between 5 and 18 months in a study that reveals infants' initial sensitivity to …
learning) infants between 5 and 18 months in a study that reveals infants' initial sensitivity to …