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 …

Sensitive periods in human development have often been proposed to explain age-related
differences in the attainment of a number of skills, such as a second language (L2) and …

Restoration of human brain function after injury is a signal challenge for translational
neuroscience. Rodent stroke recovery studies identify an optimal or sensitive period for …

In Psychology of Music: From Sound to Significance (2nd edition), the authors consider
music on a broad scale, from its beginning as an acoustical signal to its different …

Absolute pitch, the ability to identify or produce the pitch of a sound without a reference
point, has a critical period, ie it can only be acquired early in life. However, research has …

Pitch perception is fundamental to melody in music and prosody in speech. Unlike many
animals, the vast majority of human adults store melodic information primarily in terms of …

Absolute pitch (AP) has been shown to be associated with morphological changes and
neurophysiological adaptations in the planum temporale, a cortical area involved in higher …

The acquisition of new skills in adulthood can positively affect an individual's quality of life,
including their earning potential. In some cases, such as the learning of literacy in …

In the summer of 1763, the Mozart family embarked on the famous tour of Europe that
established 7-year-old Wolfgang's reputation as a musical prodigy. Just before they left, an …

Before they even speak, infants become attuned to the sounds of the language (s) they hear,
processing native phonetic contrasts more easily than nonnative ones. For example …