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Development of subcortical pitch representation in three-month-old Chinese infants
- Source :
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 139:2157-2157
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Acoustical Society of America (ASA), 2016.
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Abstract
- This study investigated the development of subcortical pitch processing, as reflected by the scalp-recorded frequency-following response, during early infancy. Thirteen Chinese infants who were born and raised in Mandarin-speaking households were recruited to partake in this study. Through a prospective-longitudinal study design, infants were tested twice: at 1–3 days after birth and at three months of age. A set of four contrastive Mandarin pitch contours were used to elicit frequency-following responses. Frequency Error and Pitch Strength were derived to represent the accuracy and magnitude of the elicited responses. Paired-samples t tests were conducted and demonstrated a significant decrease in frequency error and a significant increase in pitch strength at three months of age compared to 1–3 days after birth. Results indicated the developmental trajectory of subcortical pitch processing during the first three months of life.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Old Chinese
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
Representation (systemics)
Phase error
Audiology
Early infancy
Mandarin Chinese
language.human_language
03 medical and health sciences
030104 developmental biology
0302 clinical medicine
Developmental trajectory
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
language
medicine
Psychology
Set (psychology)
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00014966
- Volume :
- 139
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........7cb87e6819781b59c1bf81f41cc5d13d