Musical expertise shapes functional and structural brain networks independent of absolute pitch ability

S Leipold, C Klein, L Jäncke - Journal of Neuroscience, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Professional musicians are a popular model for investigating experience-dependent
plasticity in human large-scale brain networks. A minority of musicians possess absolute …

Temporal hierarchy of cortical responses reflects core-belt-parabelt organization of auditory cortex in musicians

J Benner, J Reinhardt, M Christiner… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Human auditory cortex (AC) organization resembles the core-belt-parabelt organization in
nonhuman primates. Previous studies assessed mostly spatial characteristics; however …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing auditory distance perception in real and virtual environments and the role of the loudness cue: A study based on event-related potentials

B Stodt, D Neudek, S Getzmann, E Wascher, R Martin - Hearing research, 2024 - Elsevier
The perception of the distance to a sound source is relevant in many everyday situations, not
only in real spaces, but also in virtual reality (VR) environments. Where real rooms often …

Absolute and relative pitch processing in the human brain: neural and behavioral evidence

S Leipold, C Brauchli, M Greber, L Jäncke - Brain Structure and Function, 2019 - Springer
Pitch is a primary perceptual dimension of sounds and is crucial in music and speech
perception. When listening to melodies, most humans encode the relations between pitches …

[HTML][HTML] Diminished large-scale functional brain networks in absolute pitch during the perception of naturalistic music and audiobooks

C Brauchli, S Leipold, L Jäncke - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Previous studies have reported the effects of absolute pitch (AP) and musical proficiency on
the functioning of specific brain regions or distinct subnetworks, but they provided an …

Absolute pitch: neurophysiological evidence for early brain activity in prefrontal cortex

VV Sharma, M Thaut, FA Russo, C Alain - Cerebral Cortex, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Absolute pitch (AP) is the ability to rapidly label pitch without an external reference. The
speed of AP labeling may be related to faster sensory processing. We compared time …

Combination of absolute pitch and tone language experience enhances lexical tone perception

AR Maggu, JCY Lau, MMY Waye, PCM Wong - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Absolute pitch (AP), a unique ability to name or produce pitch without any reference, is
known to be influenced by genetic and cultural factors. AP and tone language experience …

Neural patterns reveal single-trial information on absolute pitch and relative pitch perception

S Leipold, M Greber, S Sele, L Jäncke - NeuroImage, 2019 - Elsevier
Pitch is a fundamental attribute of sounds and yet is not perceived equally by all humans.
Absolute pitch (AP) musicians perceive, recognize, and name pitches in absolute terms …

Auditory T-complex reveals reduced neural activities in the right auditory cortex in musicians with absolute pitch

M Matsuda, H Igarashi, K Itoh - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Absolute pitch (AP) is the ability to identify the pitch names of arbitrary musical tones without
being given a reference pitch. The acquisition of AP typically requires early musical training …

Use of explicit priming to phenotype absolute pitch ability

JE Bairnsfather, MS Osborne, C Martin, MA Mosing… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Musicians with absolute pitch (AP) can name the pitch of a musical note in isolation.
Expression of this unusual ability is thought to be influenced by heritability, early music …