News tagged with pitch perception

Speakers of a tone language show improved pitch perception

People who speak Cantonese, a tonal language, demonstrate enhance musical pitch perception relative to Canadian French and English speakers, according to an Apr. 11 report in the open access journal PLoS ONE.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An average voice is beautiful, say scientists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nobody wants to be average, so we are told, but scientists at the University of Glasgow have found that when it comes to vocal attractiveness, sounding average attracts more admirers.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast