Re: Do dogs have absolute pitch? (Bob Carlyon )

Subject: Re: Do dogs have absolute pitch? From: Bob Carlyon <Bob.Carlyon@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 10:36:26 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --_000_9A9432BC31857848B97F53CEAE8386C450506D01WSR22mrccbsuloc_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am trying very hard to resist commenting that this demonstration is in fa= ct the long-overdue proof of the validity of the Bark scale. But I failed. Sorry everyone Bob Dr Bob Carlyon, Programme Leader, MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Rd., Cambridge, CB2 7EF, England. tel: +44 1223 355294 From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx= ILL.CA] On Behalf Of Brian Gygi Sent: 16 May 2012 10:13 To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Do dogs have absolute pitch? Yes, could you train a dog to howl at 440? That would be a test of the the= ory :) 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, where = you can actually see her move her body and look at the correct key before t= he dog responds. Since dogs can pick up on some truly amazing cues from the= ir owners (e.g., they can be trained to predict epileptic seizures), I thin= k a well-trained dog could accomplish this easily. On 16 May 2012 02:15, Kevin Austin <kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx<mailto: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 --_000_9A9432BC31857848B97F53CEAE8386C450506D01WSR22mrccbsuloc_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> </head> <body lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> I am trying very hard to = resist commenting that this demonstration is in fact the long-overdue proof= of the validity of the Bark scale.<o:p></o:p> But I failed.<o:p></o:p><= /span> Sorry everyone<o:p></o:p>= <o:p> </o:p><= /p> <o:p> </o:p><= /p> Bob<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p><= /p> Dr Bob Car= lyon,<o:p></o:p> Programme = Leader,<o:p></o:p> MRC Cognit= ion & Brain Sciences Unit,<o:p></o:p> 15 Chaucer= Rd.,<o:p></o:p> Cambridge,= <o:p></o:p> CB2 7EF,<o= :p></o:p> England.<o= :p></o:p> tel: += 44 1223 355294<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p><= /p> <o:p>&nbsp= ;</o:p> <o:p> </o:p><= /p> <div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm"> From: AUDITORY= - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Brian Gygi Sent: 16 May 2012 10:13 To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Do dogs have absolute pitch?<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Yes, could you train a dog to howl at 440?  That would be a test of th= e theory :)  <o:p></o:p> </div> Brian Gygi, Ph.D. <= br> Senior Research Fellow National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing 113 The Ropewalk Nottingham, UK<o:p></o:p> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style=3D"border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0= cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bo= ttom:5.0pt"> -----Orig= inal 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,= where you can actually see her move her body and look at the correct key b= efore the dog responds. Since dogs can pick up on some truly amazing cues f= rom their owners (e.g., they can be trained to predict epileptic seizures), I think a well-trained dog coul= d accomplish this easily.<o:p></o:p> <div> On 16 May 2012 02:15, Kevin Austin <<a href=3D"ma= ilto:kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx= </a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p> <a href=3D"http://www.wimp.com/dogpitch/" target=3D"= _blank">http://www.wimp.com/dogpitch/</a> =BF=BF Kevin<o:p></o:p> </div> -- 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<o:p></o:p> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html> --_000_9A9432BC31857848B97F53CEAE8386C450506D01WSR22mrccbsuloc_--

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