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 …

Tone language experience benefits pitch processing in music and speech for typically
developing individuals. No known studies have examined pitch processing in individuals …

The current study explores how language experience may shape the correlation between
lexical tone and musical pitch perception. A two domains (music and lexical tone) by two …

The goal of this paper was to document how native (L1) speakers of a language with a two-
way stop contrast acquire a three-way stop contrast in a second language (L2). Mandarin …

Language and music are intertwined: music training can facilitate language abilities, and
language experiences can also help with some music tasks. Possible language–music …

This study investigated the categorization of Mandarin lexical tones and music melodic
tones by listeners differing in linguistic and musical experience (English musicians, English …

Purpose Evidence suggests that extensive experience with lexical tones or musical training
provides an advantage in perceiving nonnative lexical tones. This investigation concerns …

Experienced listeners of a particular acoustic cue in either speech or music appear to have
an advantage when perceiving a similar cue in the other domain (ie, they exhibit cross …

Purpose: Previous studies have shown that individuals with congenital amusia exhibit
deficient pitch processing across music and language domains. This study investigated …

Music and language share similar sound features and cognitive processes, which may lead
to bidirectional transfer effects of training in one domain on the processing in the other …