Absolute pitch accessible to everyone by turning off part of the brain?

Organised Sound

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-189

  Bossomaier, Terry ^a   Snyder, Allan ^a  

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EID: 85011330911     PISSN: 13557718     EISSN: 14698153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355771804000263     Document Type: Article

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