Bridging the gap between perceptual and cognitive perspectives on absolute pitch

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 366-371

  Elmer, Stefan ^a   Rogenmoser, Lars ^a   Kuhnis, Jürg ^a   Jäncke, Lutz ^a,b,c,d  

^a Division Neuropsychology Institute of Psychology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c International Normal Aging and Plasticity Imaging Center   (Switzerland)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Associative memory; Intracerebral functional connectivity; Pitch labeling; Resting state EEG; Theta phase synchronization

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PITCH; ADULT; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PITCH; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920516981     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3009-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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