How do musically tone-deaf individuals produce and perceive pitch targets in speech?
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Department Name: Speech Hearing and Phonetic Science
Abstract
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ORCID iD |
| Fang Liu (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
| Description | What can congenital amusia tell us about language processing? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Congenital amusia is a neuro--developmental disorder of musical perception. Previous research has suggested that this disorder is confined to the musical domain, as the majority of amusics showed no problems with speech intonation processing. Drawing upon evidence from our recent studies, in this talk, I will demonstrate that amusia impacts upon one's linguistic abilities in subtle ways for speakers of both tone and non--tonal languages. |
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| URL | http://www.mdx.ac.uk/research/areas/psychology/language/music/index.aspx |