The comparative effects of Cantonese and Mandarin tone language backgrounds on musical pitch perception

Abstract Existing studies on language-to-music language transfer suggest that tone language background enhances musical pitch perception. However, tone language background was underrepresented as a binary yes-or-no variable in these studies. To extend the previous studies, we investigated the compar...

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Published in:	Scientific Reports
Main Authors:	William Choi, Lok Yan Chan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Subjects:	Music-to-language transfer Pitch Tone Cantonese Mandarin Music perception
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17171-2