Right hemisphere advantage in processing Cantonese level and contour tones: Evidence from dichotic listening

Shi, Jia; Tsang, Yiu Kei; Huang, Jian; Chen, Hsuan Chih

doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2013.10.014

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“…The study of lexical tone and intonation (Gandour et al, 2003b) revealed a left hemisphere advantage in frontal lobe, whereas the study of lexical tone and segments (Li et al, 2010) discovered a right hemisphere advantage in fronto-parietal area for the perception of tones. A right lateralization of lexical tone perception was also reported in an ERP (Luo et al, 2006) and a DL experiment (Jia et al, 2013). …”

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“…Ample of available studies on lexical tone perception focused on the lateralization patterns of lexical tone processing (e.g., Van Lancker and Fromkin, 1973; Baudoin-Chial, 1986; Hsieh et al, 2001; Wang et al, 2001; Gandour et al, 2002, 2004; Tervaniemia and Hugdahl, 2003; Luo et al, 2006; Zatorre and Gandour, 2008; Li et al, 2010; Krishnan et al, 2011; Jia et al, 2013), and reported mixed results even under the same experimental paradigms. For example, by employing the dichotic listening (DL) paradigm and materials from Mandarin, Baudoin-Chial (1986) reported no hemisphere advantages of lexical tone perception, but Wang et al (2001) found a left hemisphere advantage.…”

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“…By contrast, there were no hemisphere advantages in the study that had no task differences between tonal and non-tonal language speakers (Baudoin-Chial, 1986). In addition, in the DL tasks that involved meaningless syllables and hums, which could direct participants' attention toward pitch contours only, a right hemisphere advantage was shown (Jia et al, 2013). More importantly, whether language-related tasks are involved is the primary noticeable difference between studies showing an explicit right hemisphere advantage (e.g., Luo et al, 2006) and those reporting a left hemisphere advantage of lexical tone perception (Van Lancker and Fromkin, 1973; Hsieh et al, 2001; Wang et al, 2001; Gandour et al, 2002, 2004).…”

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Temporal relation between top-down and bottom-up processing in lexical tone perception

Shuai

Gong

2014

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Speech perception entails both top-down processing that relies primarily on language experience and bottom-up processing that depends mainly on instant auditory input. Previous models of speech perception often claim that bottom-up processing occurs in an early time window, whereas top-down processing takes place in a late time window after stimulus onset. In this paper, we evaluated the temporal relation of both types of processing in lexical tone perception. We conducted a series of event-related potential (ERP) experiments that recruited Mandarin participants and adopted three experimental paradigms, namely dichotic listening, lexical decision with phonological priming, and semantic violation. By systematically analyzing the lateralization patterns of the early and late ERP components that are observed in these experiments, we discovered that: auditory processing of pitch variations in tones, as a bottom-up effect, elicited greater right hemisphere activation; in contrast, linguistic processing of lexical tones, as a top-down effect, elicited greater left hemisphere activation. We also found that both types of processing co-occurred in both the early (around 200 ms) and late (around 300–500 ms) time windows, which supported a parallel model of lexical tone perception. Unlike the previous view that language processing is special and performed by dedicated neural circuitry, our study have elucidated that language processing can be decomposed into general cognitive functions (e.g., sensory and memory) and share neural resources with these functions.

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Temporal relation between top-down and bottom-up processing in lexical tone perception

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Gong

2014

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“…The functional hypothesis assumes that brain activity is lateralized to the left hemisphere (LH) when pitch variance denotes semantic meaning, otherwise to right hemisphere (RH). In contrast, the acoustic hypothesis focuses on the acoustic properties (e.g., the fundamental frequency, F0) that are inherently encompassed in auditory perception regardless of linguistic functions, which would imply RH lateralization (Jia, Tsang, Huang, & Chen, ). Yet, the evidence is inconclusive and more factors are thus taken into consideration, such as the distinctive tonal characteristics among tonal languages (Wang, ), temporal distribution of tonal processing (Fournier, Gussenhoven, Jensen, & Hagoort, ), and developmental asymmetric function of auditory cortices with age (Yamazaki et al, ).…”

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Right inferior frontal gyrus: An integrative hub in tonal bilinguals

Gao

Guo

Liu

et al. 2020

Human Brain Mapping

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Right hemispheric dominance in tonal bilingualism is still controversial. In this study, we investigated hemispheric dominance in 30 simultaneous Bai-Mandarin tonal bilinguals and 28 Mandarin monolinguals using multimodal neuroimaging. Resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) analysis was first performed to reveal the changes of functional connections within the language-related network. Voxel-based morphology (VBM) and tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) analyses were then used to identify bilinguals' alterations in gray matter volume (GMV) and fractional anisotropy (FA) of white matter, respectively. RSFC analyses revealed significantly increased functional connections of the right pars-orbital part of the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) with right caudate, right pars-opercular part of IFG, and left inferior temporal gyrus in Bai-Mandarin bilinguals compared to monolinguals. VBM and TBSS analyses further identified significantly greater GMV in right pars-triangular IFG and increased FA in right superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) in bilinguals than in monolinguals. Taken together, these results demonstrate the integrative role of the right IFG in tonal language processing of bilinguals. Our findings suggest that the intrinsic language network in simultaneous tonal bilinguals differs from that of monolinguals in terms of both function and structure.

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“…The functional hypothesis predicts LH dominance for processing lexical tones because lexical tones have key linguistic functions [11]. On the other hand, the acoustic hypothesis predicts that lexical tone is processed primarily in the RH, as the RH is in charge of processing spectral information like F0 [1].…”

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Revisiting Hemispheric Lateralization for Cantonese Lexical Tone Processing in Dichotic Listening

Zhang¹,

Shao²,

Zhang³

et al. 2018

6th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2018)

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In this study, we aim to reexamine the issue of hemispheric lateralization for Cantonese lexical tone processing in dichotic listening. We are particularly interested in testing whether the previously reported the right-hemisphere advantage in Cantonese lexical tone processing in dichotic listening [1] is replicable. More importantly, we aim to explore whether the brain lateralization pattern for tone processing is influenced by tone awareness. Sixteen native Cantonese speakers that were proficient in Jyutping and eighteen matched controls were asked to discriminate and identify Cantonese tones in dichotic listening. A right-hemisphere advantage was found in the discrimination task but not in the identification task. Findings from the discrimination task were generally consistent with [1] and supported the acoustic hypothesis of brain lateralization in lexical tone processing. However, the identification task might require more higher-level linguistic processing in the left hemisphere, resulting in more bilateral processing. No differences in hemispheric advantage were found between the two groups, although the Jyutping group outperformed controls in tone discrimination and identification in some conditions. The temporary conclusion is that late learning of Jyutping in adulthood may have limited effect on reshaping the brain lateralization of Cantonese lexical tone processing.

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Right hemisphere advantage in processing Cantonese level and contour tones: Evidence from dichotic listening

Cited by 17 publications

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Temporal relation between top-down and bottom-up processing in lexical tone perception

Temporal relation between top-down and bottom-up processing in lexical tone perception

Right inferior frontal gyrus: An integrative hub in tonal bilinguals

Revisiting Hemispheric Lateralization for Cantonese Lexical Tone Processing in Dichotic Listening

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