Perceptual Pitch Deficits Coexist with Pitch Production Difficulties in Music but Not Mandarin Speech

Perceptual Pitch Deficits Coexist with Pitch Production Difficulties in Music but Not Mandarin Speech

Congenital amusia is a musical disorder that mainly affects pitch perception. Among Mandarin speakers, some amusics also have difficulties in processing lexical tones (tone agnosics). To examine to what extent these perceptual deficits may be related to pitch production impairments in music and Mand...

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Main Authors: Wu-xia eYang, Jie eFeng, Wan-ting eHuang, Cheng-xiang eZhang, Yun eNan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Perception
production
Congenital Amusia
tone agnosia
lexical tone
musical pitch
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.01024/full

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