Individual differences in human frequency-following response predict pitch labeling ability
| Autor: | Katherine Reis, Shannon L. M. Heald, Stephen C. Van Hedger, John Veillette, Howard C. Nusbaum |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Sensory processing medicine.medical_treatment Science Individuality Sensory system Stimulus (physiology) Audiology Article Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Hearing Encoding (memory) Human behaviour medicine Humans Auditory system Pitch Perception Language 030304 developmental biology Behavior 0303 health sciences Models Statistical Multidisciplinary Reproducibility of Results Absolute pitch Cognition Frequency following response humanities Electrophysiology medicine.anatomical_structure Acoustic Stimulation Auditory Perception Regression Analysis Medicine Female Psychology Music 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) Scientific Reports |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | The frequency-following response (FFR) provides a measure of phase-locked auditory encoding in humans and has been used to study subcortical processing in the auditory system. While effects of experience on the FFR have been reported, few studies have examined whether individual differences in early sensory encoding have measurable effects on human performance. Absolute pitch (AP), the rare ability to label musical notes without reference notes, provides an excellent model system for testing how early neural encoding supports specialized auditory skills. Results show that the FFR predicts pitch labelling performance better than traditional measures related to AP (age of music onset, tonal language experience, pitch adjustment and just-noticeable-difference scores). Moreover, the stimulus type used to elicit the FFR (tones or speech) impacts predictive performance in a manner that is consistent with prior research. Additionally, the FFR predicts labelling performance for piano tones better than unfamiliar sine tones. Taken together, the FFR reliably distinguishes individuals based on their explicit pitch labeling abilities, which highlights the complex dynamics between sensory processing and cognition. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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