The human language system, including its inferior frontal component in ‘Broca’s area’, does not support music perception DOI Creative Commons
Xuanyi Chen, Josef Affourtit, Rachel Ryskin

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 1, 2021

Abstract Language and music are two human-unique capacities whose relationship remains debated. Some have argued for overlap in processing mechanisms, especially structure processing. Such claims often concern the inferior frontal component of language system located within ‘Broca’s area’. However, others failed to find overlap. Using a robust individual-subject fMRI approach, we examined responses brain regions stimuli, probed musical abilities individuals with severe aphasia. Across four experiments, obtained clear answer: perception does not engage system, judgments about possible even presence damage network. In particular, regions’ generally low, below fixation baseline, never exceed elicited by non-music auditory conditions, like animal sounds. Further, sensitive structure: they show low intact structure-scrambled music, melodies vs. without structural violations. Finally, line past patient investigations, aphasia who cannot judge sentence grammaticality perform well on melody well-formedness judgments. Thus mechanisms that process do appear including syntax.

Language: Английский

The human language system, including its inferior frontal component in “Broca’s area,” does not support music perception DOI
Xuanyi Chen, Josef Affourtit, Rachel Ryskin

et al.

Cerebral Cortex, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 33(12), P. 7904 - 7929

Published: April 1, 2023

Language and music are two human-unique capacities whose relationship remains debated. Some have argued for overlap in processing mechanisms, especially structure processing. Such claims often concern the inferior frontal component of language system located within "Broca's area." However, others failed to find overlap. Using a robust individual-subject fMRI approach, we examined responses brain regions stimuli, probed musical abilities individuals with severe aphasia. Across 4 experiments, obtained clear answer: perception does not engage system, judgments about possible even presence damage network. In particular, regions' generally low, below fixation baseline, never exceed elicited by nonmusic auditory conditions, like animal sounds. Furthermore, sensitive structure: they show low both intact structure-scrambled music, melodies vs. without structural violations. Finally, line past patient investigations, aphasia, who cannot judge sentence grammaticality, perform well on melody well-formedness judgments. Thus, mechanisms that process do appear including syntax.

Language: Английский

Citations

45
The human language system, including its inferior frontal component in ‘Broca’s area’, does not support music perception DOI Creative Commons
Xuanyi Chen, Josef Affourtit, Rachel Ryskin

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 1, 2021

Abstract Language and music are two human-unique capacities whose relationship remains debated. Some have argued for overlap in processing mechanisms, especially structure processing. Such claims often concern the inferior frontal component of language system located within ‘Broca’s area’. However, others failed to find overlap. Using a robust individual-subject fMRI approach, we examined responses brain regions stimuli, probed musical abilities individuals with severe aphasia. Across four experiments, obtained clear answer: perception does not engage system, judgments about possible even presence damage network. In particular, regions’ generally low, below fixation baseline, never exceed elicited by non-music auditory conditions, like animal sounds. Further, sensitive structure: they show low intact structure-scrambled music, melodies vs. without structural violations. Finally, line past patient investigations, aphasia who cannot judge sentence grammaticality perform well on melody well-formedness judgments. Thus mechanisms that process do appear including syntax.

Language: Английский

Citations

35