Lexical influences on categorical speech perception are driven by a temporoparietal circuit

GM Bidelman, C Pearson, A Harrison - Journal of cognitive …, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
Categorical judgments of otherwise identical phonemes are biased toward hearing words
(ie,“Ganong effect”) suggesting lexical context influences perception of even basic speech …

[HTML][HTML] Are musical activities associated with enhanced speech perception in noise in adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis

E Maillard, M Joyal, MM Murray, P Tremblay - Current Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ability to process speech in noise (SPiN) declines with age, with a detrimental impact on
life quality. Music-making activities such as singing and playing a musical instrument have …

Music and developmental disorders of reading and spoken language

Research has demonstrated that musical abilities are often linked with language and literacy
skills, including in children with disorders of speech, language, and reading. For example …

No Musician Advantage in the Perception of Degraded–Fundamental Frequency Speech in Noisy Environments

IH Hsieh, YJ Guo - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: Pitch variations of the fundamental frequency (fo) contour contribute to speech
perception in noisy environments, but whether musicians confer an advantage in speech in …

[HTML][HTML] 音乐经验对第二语言加工的影响

邓善文, 杨好, 左康洁, 张晶晶 - 心理科学进展, 2023 - journal.psych.ac.cn
音乐和语言的关系研究近年来得到了广泛关注. 来自行为和认知神经科学的研究证据进一步表明
, 音乐经验能够跨领域迁移至第二语言的习得, 表现为音乐经验在理解, 产生及学习三个方面促进 …

[HTML][HTML] An analysis of music perception skills on crowdsourcing platforms

IP Samiotis, S Qiu, C Lofi, J Yang, U Gadiraju… - Frontiers in Artificial …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Music content annotation campaigns are common on paid crowdsourcing platforms. Crowd
workers are expected to annotate complex music artifacts, a task often demanding …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term musical training alters auditory cortical activity to the frequency change

J Lee, JH Han, HJ Lee - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objective: The ability to detect frequency variation is a fundamental skill necessary for
speech perception. It is known that musical expertise is associated with a range of auditory …

Structural connectivity predicts sequential processing differences in music perception ability

A Rajan, A Shah, M Ingalhalikar… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To relate individual differences in music perception ability with whole brain white matter
connectivity, we scanned a group of 27 individuals with varying degrees of musical training …

[HTML][HTML] Musical aptitude as a variable in the assessment of working memory and selective attention tasks

KV Nisha, D Neelamegarajan… - Journal of Audiology …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results MANOVA (followed by ANOVA) revealed a benefit of musicianship and musical
aptitude on backward digit span and Flanker's reaction time (p< 0.05). Discriminant function …

A comparison of temporal processing and spectral processing abilities of monolingual, bilingual and multilingual children

K Kumar, R Sreeshma, MK Kalaiah - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This study examined the effects of bilingualism and multilingualism on supra-
threshold auditory processing abilities in children. Design: Cross-sectional study. Study …