| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142096 | Trends in Cognitive Sciences | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Growing evidence points to a link between musical abilities and certain phonetic and prosodic skills in language. However, the mechanisms that underlie these relations are not well understood. A recent study by Wong et al. suggests that musical training sharpens the subcortical encoding of linguistic pitch patterns. We consider the implications of their methods and findings for establishing a link between musical training and phonetic abilities more generally.
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Authors
Aniruddh D. Patel, John R. Iversen,