The influence of linguistic experience on the cognitive processing of pitch in speech and nonspeech sounds

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-103

  Bent, Tessa ^a,b   Bradlow, Ann R ^a   Wright, Beverly A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross language speech perception; Mandarin tone; Nonspeech sounds; Pitch processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33244469264     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.1.97     Document Type: Article

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