Auditory Discrimination

Autism is associated with superior sense of intonation

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Title of paper under discussion Enhanced Pitch Sensitivity in Individuals with Autism: A Signal Detection Analysis Authors Anna Bonnel, Laurent Mottron, Isabelle Peretz, Manon Trudel, Erick Gallun and Anne-Marie Bonnel Journal Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol 15, no 2, pp 226–235 Link to paper (free access) Overview Building on previous research showing that people with …

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Interrupted cadences trigger musicians’ right hemispheres within 200 milliseconds

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Title of paper under discussion Early neuronal responses in right limbic structures mediate harmony incongruity processing in musical experts Authors Clara E. James, Juliane Britz, Patrik Vuilleumier, Claude-Alain Hauert, Christoph M. Michel Journal NeuroImage, Volume 42, Issue 4, 1 October 2008, Pages 1597-1608 Link to journal (open access) Overview Reckoning that interrupted cadences “should evoke a …

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Musicians good at listening to one person speak whilst hearing two

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Title of paper under discussion Musician advantage for speech-on-speech perception Authors Deniz Başkent and Etienne Gaudrain Journal The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 139, EL51 (2016) Link to original paper (open access) Overview Are musicians better than non-musicians at being able to listen to one human talking whilst hearing two? It is a skill that may …

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