Song and speech: Examining the link between singing talent and speech imitation ability

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Christiner, Markus ^a   Reiterer, Susanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Motor ability; Music and language; Second language acquisition; Second language pronunciation; Singing ability; Speech sound imitation; Vocal flexibility; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889662229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00874     Document Type: Article

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