The mechanism of speech processing in congenital amusia: Evidence from Mandarin speakers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Fang ^a   Jiang, Cunmei ^b   Thompson, William Forde ^c   Xu, Yi ^d   Yang, Yufang ^e   Stewart, Lauren ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL AMUSIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GLIDING TONE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PITCH; PITCH CHANGE DETECTION; PITCH CHANGE DISCRIMINATION; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PROCESSING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MUSIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863062042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030374     Document Type: Article

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