Why Singers Have a Knack for Language.

MUSICAL perception; SINGERS; LANGUAGE ability testing; MUSICAL ability; LANGUAGE & languages

SINGERS SEEM to have a talent for foreign tongues - most notably when it comes to pronunciation and accent. Her team found vocalists had an advantage over instrumentalists, as they outperformed them in foreign language imitation, but both vocalists and instrumentalists outperformed non-musicians. The team also found that the more musicians play, the more they benefit: Speech-sound processing ability builds up across one's lifespan. [Extracted from the article]

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