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post #61 of 63
1/29/13 at 2:39am
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Originally Posted by Grevlin View Post

 

I want to also add another little quirk - the 'ol noodle.

 

Besides the physical neurobiology, there is the perception of the sounds. I guess I would call it training the brain to recognize what it hears and be able to differentiate it and describe it.

 

There's already research in neuroscience on perceptual limitations based on physical structures in the brain. For instance, here's an interesting imaging study linking white matter concentration and pitch differentiation.

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post #62 of 63
1/29/13 at 5:55am

I printed that for a little light reading later.
 

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post #63 of 63
1/29/13 at 6:26am

You'll love the pretty pictures of voxel-based morphometry.

 

Speaking of pitch, thought I would bring up the spec of pitch discrimination. The most commonly cited just noticeable figure is 5 cents, or approximately .3 percent deviation from frequency, although this study suggests that professional musicians may do as well as 2 cents.

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