Why are some people tone deaf?
Research:
Gosselin, N., Paquette, S., & Peretz, I. (2015). Sensitivity to musical emotions in congenital amusia, Cortex, 71, 171-182.
McDonald, C., & Stewart L. (2008). Uses and functions of music in congenital amusia. Music Perception, 25(4), 345-355.
Peretz, I. (2016). Neurobiology of congenital amusia. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(11), 857-867.
Peretz, I., Champod, A. S., & Hyde, K. (2003). Varieties of musical disorders: the Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Amusia. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 999(1), 58-75.
Sacks, O. (2008). Musicophilia. New York, NY: Random House, Inc.
Music:
MBEA Clip (Peretz, Champod, & Hyde, 2003)
Golliwog’s Cakewalk (Debuessy)
Emotional Clips (Bernard Bouchard, 1998)
Instru(mental) Intro Music (Daniel Goldschmidt)
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