• DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2004.11.007
Corpus ID: 15346652

Absolute pitch: perception, coding, and controversies

@article{Levitin2005AbsolutePP,
  title={Absolute pitch: perception, coding, and controversies},
  author={Daniel J. Levitin and Susan E. Rogers},
  journal={Trends in Cognitive Sciences},
  year={2005},
  volume={9},
  pages={26-33}
}

• Daniel J. Levitin, Susan E. Rogers
• Published 2005
• Psychology, Medicine
• Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Recent findings in cognitive neuroscience and cognitive psychology are converging to shed light on the nature of processing, categorization and memory for pitch in humans and animals. Although most people are unable to name or place pitch values in consistent, well-defined categories, as they do for color, stable long-term memory for pitch has been shown in certain animal species, in infants, and in both adult musicians and non-musicians. 'Absolute pitch', the rare ability to label pitches… Expand

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