Human cortical encoding of pitch in tonal and non-tonal languages

Different languages rely on different vocal sounds to convey meaning. Here the authors show that language-general coding of pitch occurs in the non-primary auditory cortex for both tonal (Mandarin Chinese) and non-tonal (English) languages, with some language specificity on the population level.

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Autores principales: Yuanning Li, Claire Tang, Junfeng Lu, Jinsong Wu, Edward F. Chang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:92e543c8df7f4b3d903f44241b3a099f2021-12-02T12:11:11ZHuman cortical encoding of pitch in tonal and non-tonal languages10.1038/s41467-021-21430-x2041-1723https://doaj.org/article/92e543c8df7f4b3d903f44241b3a099f2021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21430-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Different languages rely on different vocal sounds to convey meaning. Here the authors show that language-general coding of pitch occurs in the non-primary auditory cortex for both tonal (Mandarin Chinese) and non-tonal (English) languages, with some language specificity on the population level.Yuanning LiClaire TangJunfeng LuJinsong WuEdward F. ChangNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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Yuanning Li
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Junfeng Lu
Jinsong Wu
Edward F. Chang
Human cortical encoding of pitch in tonal and non-tonal languages
description Different languages rely on different vocal sounds to convey meaning. Here the authors show that language-general coding of pitch occurs in the non-primary auditory cortex for both tonal (Mandarin Chinese) and non-tonal (English) languages, with some language specificity on the population level.
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author Yuanning Li
Claire Tang
Junfeng Lu
Jinsong Wu
Edward F. Chang
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Claire Tang
Junfeng Lu
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title Human cortical encoding of pitch in tonal and non-tonal languages
title_short Human cortical encoding of pitch in tonal and non-tonal languages
title_full Human cortical encoding of pitch in tonal and non-tonal languages
title_fullStr Human cortical encoding of pitch in tonal and non-tonal languages
title_full_unstemmed Human cortical encoding of pitch in tonal and non-tonal languages
title_sort human cortical encoding of pitch in tonal and non-tonal languages
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