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

oleh: Yuanning Li, Claire Tang, Junfeng Lu, Jinsong Wu, Edward F. Chang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01

Deskripsi

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.