Top-Down Modulation on the Perception and Categorization of Identical Pitch Contours in Speech and Music

Whether pitch in language and music is governed by domain-specific or domain-general cognitive mechanisms is contentiously debated. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether mechanisms governing pitch contour perception operate differently when pitch information is interpreted as eithe...

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Main Authors: Joey L. Weidema, M. Paula eRoncaglia-Denissen, Henkjan eHoning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00817/full