Pitch Perception in the First Year of Life, a Comparison of Lexical Tones and Musical Pitch

Pitch variation is pervasive in speech, regardless of the language to which infants are exposed. Lexical tone is influenced by general sensitivity to pitch. We examined whether the development in lexical tone perception may develop in parallel with perception of pitch in other cognitive domains name...

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Main Authors: Ao Chen, Catherine J. Stevens, René Kager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00297/full