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Hemispheric specialization for spoken and sung speech
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Grimshaw, Gina M. Yelle, Serena K. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Even though the left hemisphere is specialized for the processing of linguistic components of language, the right hemisphere also has some capability in linguistic processing. In 2003, Grimshaw, Kwasny, Covell, and Johnson found that when speech was combined with affective prosody, the right hemisphere made a greater contribution to linguistic processing. The goal of the current study was to determine whether melody might have a similar effect. Participants listened to a series of spoken and sung sentences presented dichotically, and determined whether or not a target word was present in either sentence. It was expected that participants would have a higher hit rate for spoken sentences when the target was in the right ear (left hemisphere) than in the left ear (right hemisphere), but that this ear advantage would be attenuated for sung sentences because the right hemisphere would be activated by the melody. The results of this study supported the first hypothesis; the participants did show a right ear advantage for spoken sentences. The results, however, did not support the main hypothesis; there was no attenuation of the right ear advantage for sung speech. These findings are in contrast to those observed with emotional prosody, and suggest that music does not have a facilitatory effect on right hemisphere linguistic processing. |
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.02.037 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/pii/S0278262608000675 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278262608000675?dgcid=api_sd_search-api-endpoint |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2008.02.037 |
| Volume Number | 67 |
| Journal | Brain and Cognition |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
