04-11-2007, 07:35 PM
I am a graduate student at the University of California-San Francisco who is working on a project regarding the genetics of absolute pitch. (This is a musical ability that allows an individual to rapidly label musical tones with their note names after they are played, without the use of a reference note.) More information about our study can be found on our website at http://perfectpitch.ucsf.edu if you are curious, or you can e-mail me at perfect.pitch@ucsf.edu with more specific questions or comments.
I ran across this forum as I was learning more about autism. Some of our study participants fall in the autism spectrum, and it has been reported that individuals with autism are more likely to possess absolute pitch as compared to the general population.
The goals of our study include looking for genes that may be involved in the development of absolute pitch and thus brain development in general. Perhaps we can find out something about the brain of individuals with absolute pitch that gives them this special ability.
I just wanted to make individuals in the autism community aware of our study and invite them to participate. This simply involves going to the website (http://perfectpitch.ucsf.edu) and filling out a survey about your musical training and then taking the tone identification test. Most people find this quite fun. If you would prefer a CD version of the test or do not have good computer speakers with which to take the online test, simply e-mail me your address at perfect.pitch@ucsf.edu and I will send you more information.
Thank you!
Beth
I ran across this forum as I was learning more about autism. Some of our study participants fall in the autism spectrum, and it has been reported that individuals with autism are more likely to possess absolute pitch as compared to the general population.
The goals of our study include looking for genes that may be involved in the development of absolute pitch and thus brain development in general. Perhaps we can find out something about the brain of individuals with absolute pitch that gives them this special ability.
I just wanted to make individuals in the autism community aware of our study and invite them to participate. This simply involves going to the website (http://perfectpitch.ucsf.edu) and filling out a survey about your musical training and then taking the tone identification test. Most people find this quite fun. If you would prefer a CD version of the test or do not have good computer speakers with which to take the online test, simply e-mail me your address at perfect.pitch@ucsf.edu and I will send you more information.
Thank you!
Beth