Tonal languages differ from other languages in their use of pitch (tones) to distinguish
words. Lifelong experience speaking and hearing tonal languages has been argued to …

This paper provides a synthesis of research on the relationship between music and
language, drawing on evidence from neuroscience, psychology, sociology and education. It …

Building on her earlier work,'The Power of Music: A Research Synthesis of the Impact of
Actively Making Music on the Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and …

Music training is generally assumed to improve perceptual and cognitive abilities. Although
correlational data highlight positive associations, experimental results are inconclusive …

We sought to establish norms and correlates for the Musical Ear Test (MET), an objective
test of musical ability. A large sample of undergraduates at a Canadian university (N> 500) …

Speech and music are highly redundant communication systems, with multiple acoustic
cues signaling the existence of perceptual categories. This redundancy makes these …

Adult second language learners often show considerable individual variability in the ease
with which lexical tones are learned. It is known that factors pertaining to a learner's first …

Categorical perception (CP) is highly evident in audition when listeners' perception of
speech sounds abruptly shifts identity despite equidistant changes in stimulus acoustics …

Music impacting on speech processing is vividly evidenced in most reports involving
professional musicians, while the question of whether the facilitative effects of music are …

To construct our perceptual world, the brain categorizes variable sensory cues into
behaviorally-relevant groupings. Categorical representations are apparent within a …