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Follow that tone

The Mandarin language conveys word meanings with tone. When a musician with no knowledge of the language hears a Mandarin tone, activity in the brain stem (orange) tracks the frequency of the changing tone (black). The nonmusician's brain is out of sync. Credit: P.C.M. Wong et al/Nature Neuroscience 2007

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