Congratulations to Professor Ratree Wayland, whose co-authored paper with Si Chen and Yike Yang, titled, “Categorical Perception of Mandarin Pitch Directions by Cantonese-Speaking Musicians and Non-musicians” was recently published in Frontiers in Psychology. Link to the paper can be found here and purpose statement is below. Way to go Ratree!
“This study is to investigate whether Cantonese-speaking musicians may show stronger CP than Cantonese-speaking non-musicians in perceiving pitch directions generated based on Mandarin tones. It also aims to examine whether musicians may be more effective in processing stimuli and more sensitive to subtle differences caused by vowel quality.”