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Critical Review on the Development and Evolution of Beat Perception

Findings from phylogeny and ontogeny suggest that beat perception reflects an early‐emerging, biologically prepared capacity that is further shaped by experience.

Amateur singers' advantage in Mandarin tone perception and imitation.

Musical advantage in speech perception has been widely studied for instrumentalists, but it remains unclear whether singers share this benefit. In speech production, although singers' superiority has been observed relative to non-musicians, little is known about how they achieve this advantage. To address these gaps, t...

Individual differences in musical tempo perception are predicted by body height, age, music and dance sophistication in an online paradigm

The perception of musical tempo and/or beat has been studied extensively. However, the reasons for the subjective perception of a piece of music as fast or slow remain unclear. We propose that individuals form a long-term preferred motor tempo (LTPT), which is less susceptible to short-term influences (e.g. arousal) th...

Modulation of the speed of Intrinsic Alpha Frequency (IAF) with tACS modulates variability of illusory speech perception

Navigating the world requires our brains to constantly process a massive influx of information from the environment. One of the most remarkable yet complex feats the human brain performs daily is speech perception. It is a multifaceted, hierarchical process that relies heavily on the integration of auditory and visual...