Processing melodic contour and speech intonation in congenital amusics with Mandarin Chinese

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2630-2639

  Jiang, Cunmei ^a,c   Hamm, Jeff P ^b   Lim, Vanessa K ^b   Kirk, Ian J ^b   Yang, Yufang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Congenital amusia; Discrimination; Identification; Mandarin Chinese; Melodic contour; Speech intonation; Tonal languages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL AMUSIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MUSIC; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PITCH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; LANGUAGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SOUND; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MUSIC; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; SOUND; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954458592     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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