Opposite hemispheric asymmetries for pitch identification in absolute pitch and non-absolute pitch musicians

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2937-2941

  Brancucci, Alfredo ^a   di Nuzzo, Milena ^a   Tommasi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Dichotic listening; Laterality; Left right hemisphere; Musical tones; Musicians; Pitch; Relative pitch

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MUSICIAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 70249130068     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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