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Speech-to-Song Illusion and a High-Tech Use for Tree Rings


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Learn about the links between language and music via the speech-to-song illusion and what we can learn from tree rings.

The speech-to-song illusion demonstrates the tight links between language and music by Steffie Drucker

  • The Speech-to-Song Illusion. (2020). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illusions-and-curiosities/202002/the-speech-song-illusion
  • Diana Deutsch - Speech-to-Song Illusion>. (2011). ucsd.edu. https://deutsch.ucsd.edu/psychology/pages.php?i=212
  • 5th grade class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zr9BU0bJoc

Additional resources from Sturt Manning, a Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Classical Archaeology at Cornell University:

  • Cornell Faculty page https://classics.cornell.edu/sturt-manning
  • Revised tree ring data confirms ancient Mediterranean dates https://as.cornell.edu/news/revised-tree-ring-data-confirms-ancient-mediterranean-dates
  • Maize, not metal, key to native settlements’ history in NY https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/03/maize-not-metal-key-native-settlements-history-ny

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