Pitch perception and production in congenital amusia: Evidence from Cantonese speakers

• Main Authors: Chan, Alice Hiu Dan, Ciocca, Valter, Roquet, Catherine, Peretz, Isabelle, Wong, Patrick C. M., Liu, Fang
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Pitch; Sound discrimination
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83366; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42571
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study investigated pitch perception and production in speech and music in individuals with congenital amusia (a disorder of musical pitch processing) who are native speakers of Cantonese, a tone language with a highly complex tonal system. Sixteen Cantonese-speaking congenital amusics and 16 co...