Foreign language learning in French speakers is associated with rhythm perception, but not with melody perception. Bhatara, A., Yeung, H. H., & Nazzi, T. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform., 41(2):277 - 282, 2015. ![Foreign language learning in French speakers is associated with rhythm perception, but not with melody perception. [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex There has been increasing interest in links between language and music. Here, we investigate the relation between foreign language learning and music perception. We administered tests measuring melody and rhythm perception as well as a questionnaire on musical and foreign language experience to 147 monolingual French speakers. As expected, we found that musicians had better melody and rhythm perception than nonmusicians and that, among musicians, there was a positive correlation between the total number of years of music training and test scores. Crucially, we also found a positive correlation between the total number of years learning foreign languages and rhythm perception, but we found no such relation with melody perception. Moreover, the degree to which participants were better at rhythm than melody perception was also related to foreign language experience. Results suggest that both music training and learning foreign languages (primarily English, Spanish, and German in our samp
@Article{Bhatara2015,
author = {Bhatara, Anjali and Yeung, H. Henny and Nazzi, Thierry},
journal = {J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform.},
title = {Foreign language learning in French speakers is associated with rhythm perception, but not with melody perception.},
year = {2015},
issn = {0096-1523},
number = {2},
pages = {277 - 282},
volume = {41},
abstract = {There has been increasing interest in links between language and music.
Here, we investigate the relation between foreign language learning
and music perception. We administered tests measuring melody and
rhythm perception as well as a questionnaire on musical and foreign
language experience to 147 monolingual French speakers. As expected,
we found that musicians had better melody and rhythm perception than
nonmusicians and that, among musicians, there was a positive correlation
between the total number of years of music training and test scores.
Crucially, we also found a positive correlation between the total
number of years learning foreign languages and rhythm perception,
but we found no such relation with melody perception. Moreover, the
degree to which participants were better at rhythm than melody perception
was also related to foreign language experience. Results suggest
that both music training and learning foreign languages (primarily
English, Spanish, and German in our samp},
keywords = {rhythm, French, music perception, language learning, Foreign Language Learning, Music Perception, Musicians, Rhythm, Experience Level},
url = {http://0-search.ebscohost.com.wam.city.ac.uk/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2015-02659-001&site=ehost-live},
}
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