Speaking a tonal language (such as Cantonese) primes the brain for musical training
Non-musicians who speak tonal languages may have a better ear for learning musical notes, according to Canadian researchers.
Apr 2, 2013
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Non-musicians who speak tonal languages may have a better ear for learning musical notes, according to Canadian researchers.
Apr 2, 2013
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Inhibiting infants' tongue movements impedes their ability to distinguish between speech sounds, researchers with the University of British Columbia have found. The study is the first to discover a direct link between infants' ...
Oct 12, 2015
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Speech is produced in the human cerebral cortex. Brain waves associated with speech processes can be directly recorded with electrodes located on the surface of the cortex. It has now been shown for the first time that is ...
Jun 16, 2015
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UC San Francisco researchers are reporting a detailed account of how speech sounds are identified by the human brain, offering an unprecedented insight into the basis of human language. The finding, they said, may add to ...
Jan 30, 2014
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In the past few days, a great deal of media attention has been paid to Leanne Rowe, a Tasmanian woman who has lived eight years with a French accent she acquired after a car accident. This phenomenon is known as foreign accent ...
Jun 20, 2013
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New research is hoping to understand how the human brain hears sound to help develop improved hearing aids and automatic speech recognition systems.
Jan 17, 2012
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Our brains "time-stamp" the order of incoming sounds, allowing us to correctly process the words that we hear, shows a new study by a team of psychology and linguistics researchers. Its findings, which appear in the journal ...
Nov 7, 2022
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The ability of infants to recognize speech is more sophisticated than previously known, researchers in New York University's Department of Psychology have found. Their study, which appears in the journal Developmental Psychology, ...
Jul 17, 2012
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Early dementia is typically associated with memory and thinking problems; but older adults should also be vigilant about hearing and communication problems, suggest recent findings in a joint Baycrest-University of Memphis ...
Mar 15, 2017
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(Medical Xpress) -- Imagine living a life in which you are completely aware of the world around you but you're prevented from engaging in it because you are completely paralyzed. Even speaking is impossible. For an estimated ...
Oct 18, 2011
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