Do musicians with perfect pitch have more autism traits than musicians without perfect pitch? an empirical study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Dohn, Anders ^a,b   Garza Villarreal, Eduardo A ^a,b,c   Heaton, Pamela ^d   Vuust, Peter ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MUSICIAN; PERFECT PITCH; PERSONALITY; PITCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861606088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037961     Document Type: Article

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