Perfect pitch study

[Danny Moore]

Good memory Bill,
It was in the Washington Post a few weeks back.  Robert Zatorre studied 30
musicians - 10 with "perfect pitch" and 20 without.  The findings were published
in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  People who have "perfect
pitch" were found to have a slightly larger planum temporale area of their brain.

Danny Moore

BSimon1234 wrote:

> I hesitate to mention the following because I cannot remember where I saw or
> heard of it. It might have been in a medical magazine, possibly the newspaper,
> but I cannot find the reference.
>
> The article said that people who  have perfect pitch process sounds in a
> different part of their brains than normal people.  The study was done with a
> nuclear magnetic resonance scanner, scanning the brains for chemical activity
> changes while tones were played to the patients.
>
> That is all I heard, I have nothing to add, no references to the study. I
> thought I would relay the information in case someone else can actually put
> their hands on the article, or scan search the Internet for such things.
>
> Bill Simon
> Phoenix