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General Science => General Science => Topic started by: gabriel on 01/10/2008 20:02:23

Title: What is "perfect pitch" and is it genetic?
Post by: gabriel on 01/10/2008 20:02:23

gabriel asked the Naked Scientists:

As a musician and a biomedical scientist, I've always wondered about what perfect pitch is in neurological terms. Are there any known genetic components to it? Or any brain physiology studies available?

What do you think?

Title: What is
Post by: LeeE on 03/10/2008 00:21:31

Have a look at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_pitch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_pitch)

and especially the references.