Musical expertise and foreign speech perception

Musical expertise and foreign speech perception

The aim of this experiment was to investigate the influence of musical expertise on the automatic perception of foreign syllables and harmonic sounds. Participants were Cuban students with high level of expertise in music or in visual arts and with the same level of general education and socio-econo...

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Main Authors: Eduardo eMartínez-Montes, Heivet eHernández-Pérez, Julie eChobert, Lisbet eMorgado-Rodríguez, Carlos eSuárez-Murias, Pedro Antonio Valdés-Sosa, Mireille eBesson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Subjects:
Auditory Perception
Speech Perception
pitch
musicians
duration
syllables
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00084/full

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