Subject: Re: Do dogs have absolute pitch? From: Brian Gygi <bgygi@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 09:12:35 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>----=_vm_0011_W5938414160_7641_1337159555 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes, could you train a dog to howl at 440? That would be a test of the th= eory :) Brian Gygi, Ph.D. Senior Research Fellow National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing 113 The Ropewalk Nottingham, UK -----Original Message----- From: Sam Mathias [mailto:smathias@xxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 01:50 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Do dogs have absolute pitch? The owner is clearly signalling: skip ahead to the end of the video, wher= e you can actually see her move her body and look at the correct key befo= re the dog responds. Since dogs can pick up on some truly amazing cues fr= om their owners (e.g., they can be trained to predict epileptic seizures)= , I think a well-trained dog could accomplish this easily. On 16 May 2012 02:15, Kevin Austin <kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx> wrote: http://www.wimp.com/dogpitch/ =BF=BF Kevin -- Dr. Samuel R. Mathias Neural Mechanisms of Human Communication Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Stephanstra=DFe 1 04103 Leipzig, Germany Tel: +49 341 9940 2479 ----=_vm_0011_W5938414160_7641_1337159555 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><div><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"><br>Yes, could you train a d= og to howl at 440? That would be a test of the theory :)<br> <= /font></div> <font size=3D"2">Brian Gygi, Ph.D. <br> Senior Research Fellow <br> National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing <br> 113 The Ropewalk <br> Nottingham, UK</font><div><font color=3D"#0000ff" face=3D"Verdana" size=3D= "2"></font> </div> <blockquote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0= 000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2">----= -Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> Sam Mathias [mailto:smathias@xxxxxxxx= PG.DE]<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 16, 2012 01:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> AUD= ITORY@xxxxxxxx<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Do dogs have absolute pitch?= <br><br></font>The owner is clearly signalling: skip ahead to the end of = the video, where you can actually see her move her body and look at the correct key before the dog responds. Since dogs can pick up on some truly amazing cues from their owners (e.g., they can be trained to predict epileptic seizures), I think a well-trained dog could accomplish this easily.<br><b= r><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 16 May 2012 02:15, Kevin Austin <span dir= =3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx" mce_href=3D"mai= lto:kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx= a</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:= 1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><a href=3D"http://www.wimp.com/dogpitch/= " mce_href=3D"http://www.wimp.com/dogpitch/" target=3D"_blank">http://www= .wimp.com/dogpitch/</a><br> <br> <br> <br> =BF=BF<br> <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> Kevin</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Dr= . Samuel R. Mathias<br>Neural Mechanisms of Human Communication<br>Max Pl= anck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences<br>Stephanstra=DFe = 1<br> 04103 Leipzig, Germany<br>Tel: +49 341 9940 2479<br> </blockquote></html> ----=_vm_0011_W5938414160_7641_1337159555--