Neural Correlates of Processing Syntax in Music and ... - PubMan

TABLE OF CONTENTS VIII
4.1 Evolutionary considerations 39
4.2 Similarities in music and language acquisition 42
4.3 Similarities in processing music and language 44
Language prosody and music 44
Brain mechanisms for processing linguistic and musical syntax 46
4.4 Conclusion 49
5 Language Perception 51
5.1 Language acquisition 51
Theoretical accounts on language acquisition 51
Neurophysiological correlates of language acquisition 52
Constraints and learning mechanisms in language acquisition 55
Semantics 58
Syntax 60
5.2 Language processing 63
Processing syntactic structures 63
Neurophysiological-functional correlates of language processing 65
Anatomical correlates of language processing 68
5.3 Conclusions 72
6 Specific Language Impairment 73
6.1 Definition 73
6.2 Delayed and impaired language development 76
6.3 Risk factors 78
General processing limitations 78
Specific deficiencies in auditory and language processing 79
Biological, genetic and psychosocial risk factors 83
6.4 Specific language impairment and music perception 85
6.5 Conclusion 85