Music and language are unique communication tools in human society, where stress plays a crucial role. Many studies have examined the recognition of lexical stress in Indo-European languages using beat/rhythm priming, but few studies have examined the cross-domain relationship between musical and linguistic stress in tonal languages. The current study investigates how musical stress and lexical stress influence lexical stress recognition in Mandarin. In the auditory priming experiment, disyllabic Mandarin words with initial or final stress were primed by disyllabic words or beats with either congruent or incongruent stress patterns. Results showed that the incongruent condition elicited larger P2 and the late positive component (LPC) amplitudes than the congruent condition. Moreover, the Strong-Weak primes elicited larger N400 amplitudes than the Weak-Strong primes, and the Weak-Strong primes yielded larger LPC amplitudes than the Strong-Weak primes. The findings reveal the neural correlates of the cross-domain influence between music and language during lexical stress recognition in Mandarin.

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单词和节拍启动对普通话词汇重音识别的影响：一项与事件相关的电位研究

音乐和语言是人类社会独特的交流工具，其中压力起着至关重要的作用。许多研究使用节拍/节奏启动来检验印欧语言中词汇重音的识别，但很少有研究检验声调语言中音乐和语言重音之间的跨领域关系。目前的研究调查了音乐重音和词汇重音如何影响普通话的词汇重音识别。在听觉启动实验中，具有首重音或尾重音的双音节普通话单词是由具有一致或不一致重音模式的双音节单词或节拍启动的。结果表明，不一致条件比一致条件引起更大的 P2 和晚期正成分 (LPC) 幅度。此外，强-弱素数比弱-强素数引发更大的N400振幅，而弱-强素数比强-弱素数产生更大的LPC振幅。研究结果揭示了普通话词汇重音识别过程中音乐和语言之间跨领域影响的神经相关性。