Individuals with congenital amusia do not show context-dependent perception of tonal categories

• Main Authors: Liu, Fang, Yin, Yanjun, Chan, Alice Hiu Dan, Yip, Virginia, Wong, Patrick C. M.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics; Congenital Amusia; Perceptual Adaptation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159762
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Perceptual adaptation is an active cognitive process where listeners re-analyse speech categories based on new contexts/situations/talkers. It involves top-down influences from higher cortical levels on lower-level auditory processes. Individuals with congenital amusia have impaired pitch processing...