Público

This is a science news article published by the Spanish outlet Público, reporting on research by a team at the University of California, San Francisco that identified a group of neurons in the brain's primary auditory cortex which respond specifically to changes in the tone (pitch and intonation) of speech, independent of who is speaking. The article explains that intonation is essential to human communication: in tonal languages such as Mandarin Chinese a change in tone changes a word's meaning outright, while in languages like Spanish or English it can change the meaning of a sentence. It quotes researcher Claire Tang describing the lab's aim as understanding how the brain translates sound into meaning; the underlying study was published in the journal Science. Credits: Público. (18 de 11 de 2019). Público. Obtenido de www.publico.es: https://www.publico.es/ciencias/neurociencia-grupo-neuronas-traduce-nuestro-tono-mensaje.html