Re: [Fwd: [evol-psych] Brain buzz that proves Chinese is har...

IT has been known for a long time that music and words
get processed in different hemispheres. Apparently tonal
languages also require (like music) the other hemisphere.

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From: Richard Wordingham <richard@...>
Date: Saturday, July 5, 2003 10:06 pm
Subject: [Nostratica] Re: [Fwd: [evol-psych] Brain buzz that proves
Chinese is har...

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> "Geraldine Reinhardt" <waluk@...>
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> > Exactly. Mandarin takes both the
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> right and left side of the brain for
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> understanding. English only takes
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> the right temporal lobe. This must
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> refer to the written alphabet.
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> I don't understand your reasoning.
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> Would you care to explain it?
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> Richard.
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