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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Main Authors: Yuanning Li, Claire Tang, Junfeng Lu, Jinsong Wu, Edward F. Chang
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/92e543c8df7f4b3d903f44241b3a099f
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