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Neurological and developmental approaches to poor pitch perception and production

Year: 2015

Type: review

Abstract: Whereas much of research in music and neuroscience is aimed at understanding the mechanisms by which the human brain facilitates music, emerging interest in the neuromusic community aims to translate basic music research into clinical and educational applications. In the present paper, we explore the problems of poor pitch perception and production from both neurological and developmental/educational perspectives. We begin by reviewing previous and novel findings on the neural regulation of pitch perception and production. We then discuss issues in measuring singing accuracy consistently between the laboratory and educational settings. We review the Seattle Singing Accuracy Protocol--a new assessment tool that we hope can be adopted by cognitive psychologists as well as music educators-and we conclude with some suggestions that the present interdisciplinary approach might offer for future research.

Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12623

Authors: Psyche Loui, Steven M. Demorest, Peter Q. Pfordresher, Janani Iyer

Institutions: Wesleyan University, Northwestern University, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Language: English

Topic: Neuroscience and Music Perception

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: John Templeton Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders