Subject: References for absolute pitch in animals? From: "Pennington, Mark" <mwpennin@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 19:56:51 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear List, Does anyone have a bibliography of behavioral or physiological studies of AP in animals, particularly in the lower vertebrates? Thank you, Mark Quoting Martin Braun <nombraun@xxxxxxxx>: > Dear Henkjan and list: > >> ..... in the end we have to also see that Relative Pitch is far more >> special. While we might share AP with some animals, RP is far less common, >> arguably making AP in humans less special. > > I fully agree. RP is a much bigger challenge for neuroscience than AP is. To > my knowledge, we do not even have the faintest trace of a hypothesis how a > brain could accomplish RP. > > Martin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Martin Braun > Neuroscience of Music > S-671 95 Klässbol > Sweden > web site: http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57011259/index.htm > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henkjan Honing" <honing@xxxxxxxx> > To: <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 4:42 PM > Subject: Re: Absolute pitch discussion > > > Although I have to be modest in my claims, not being an expert in > pitch, I find AP actually not such a special phenomenon. Although we > could agree in dividing the phenomenon in degrees, or levels of > preciseness on a more continuous scale, in the end we have to also > see that Relative Pitch is far more special. While we might share AP > with some animals, RP is far less common, arguably making AP in > humans less special. > > hh > > > Dr H. Honing > Universiteit van Amsterdam > http://www.hum.uva.nl/mmm/hh/ > > Music Matters: http://www.musiccognition.nl/blog > > __________________________________________________ >