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1. Introduction.- Part 1: Acoustics, Perception, and Production of Lexical tones (in Adults).- 2. The Phonetic Realization of Mandarin Phoneme Inventory: The Canonical and the Variants.- 3. Acoustic-based and Knowledge-based Processing of Mandarin Tones by Native and Non-native Speakers.- 4. Individual Differences in Lexical Tone Learning.- Part II: Neural Representations.- 5. Native and Nonnative Processing of Acoustic and Phonological Information of Lexical Tones in Chinese: Behavioral and Neural Correlates.- 6. Neurophysiological Studies of Mandarin Lexical Tone Acquisition in the Early Childhood.- 7. Neural Processing of Tone Sandhi in Production and Perception: The Case of Mandarin Tone 3 Sandhi.- Part III: Domain-General Transfer and Cross-Modal Integration.- 8. The Effect of Musical Experience and Congenital Amusia on Lexical Tone Perception, Production, and Learning: A review.- 9. Multi-modal Perception of Tone.- Part IV: Development from Infancy through Childhood.- 10. Lexical Tone Perception Development in Infancy.- 11. Early Word Recognition and Word Learning in Mandarin Learning Children.- 12. Speech Development in Mandarin-Speaking Children.- 13. Behavioral and Neurophysiological Evidence of Speech Processing in Chinese-Speaking Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review and Future Directions.