Subject: Re: Absolute pitch development From: Martin Braun <nombraun@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:27:39 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>You mean, why do so few people develop a cognitive version of absolute pitch? Well, there are many who are waiting for the answer. Just two days ago there appeared a large-scale survey in PNAS. Perhaps the most compelling new result is the clear bimodal distribution of the trait. Either people have it, or they do not have it, with very little in between. This indicates the possibility of a relatively simple genetic origin of the trait, which means that the answer may not be too far down the road. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0703868104v1 Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Braun Neuroscience of Music S-671 95 Klässbol Sweden web site: http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57011259/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Austin" <kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx> To: <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:37 AM Subject: Absolute pitch development > Thank you. And the question for me follows as to why so few people develop > absolute pitch if the (mapping) structure exists and is used. > > Best > > Kevin