PMID- 31127171
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201020
LR  - 20210109
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 May 24
TI  - Enhanced auditory disembedding in an interleaved melody recognition test is 
      associated with absolute pitch ability.
PG  - 7838
LID - 10.1038/s41598-019-44297-x [doi]
LID - 7838
AB  - Absolute pitch (AP) and autism have recently been associated with each other. 
      Neurocognitive theories of autism could perhaps explain this co-occurrence. This 
      study investigates whether AP musicians show an advantage in an interleaved 
      melody recognition task (IMRT), an auditory version of an embedded figures test 
      often investigated in autism with respect to the these theories. A total of 
      N = 59 professional musicians (AP = 27) participated in the study. In each trial 
      a probe melody was followed by an interleaved sequence. Participants had to 
      indicate as to whether the probe melody was present in the interleaved sequence. 
      Sensitivity index d' and response bias c were calculated according to signal 
      detection theory. Additionally, a pitch adjustment test measuring fine-graded 
      differences in absolute pitch proficiency, the Autism-Spectrum-Quotient and a 
      visual embedded figures test were conducted. AP outperformed relative pitch (RP) 
      possessors on the overall IMRT and the fully interleaved condition. AP 
      proficiency, visual disembedding and musicality predicted 39.2% of variance in 
      the IMRT. No correlations were found between IMRT and autistic traits. Results 
      are in line with a detailed-oriented cognitive style and enhanced perceptional 
      functioning of AP musicians similar to that observed in autism.
FAU - Wenhart, Teresa
AU  - Wenhart T
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2419-085X
AD  - Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, University for Music, 
      Drama and Media, Hannover, Neues Haus 1, 30175, Hannover, Germany.
AD  - Center for Systems Neuroscience, Bunteweg 2, 30559, Hannover, Germany.
FAU - Hwang, Ye-Young
AU  - Hwang YY
AD  - Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, University for Music, 
      Drama and Media, Hannover, Neues Haus 1, 30175, Hannover, Germany.
FAU - Altenmuller, Eckart
AU  - Altenmuller E
AD  - Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, University for Music, 
      Drama and Media, Hannover, Neues Haus 1, 30175, Hannover, Germany. 
      eckart.altenmueller@hmtm-hannover.de.
AD  - Center for Systems Neuroscience, Bunteweg 2, 30559, Hannover, Germany. 
      eckart.altenmueller@hmtm-hannover.de.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Observational Study
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20190524
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Autism Spectrum Disorder/diagnosis/physiopathology
MH  - Cognition/*physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Music
MH  - Pitch Discrimination/*physiology
MH  - Recognition, Psychology/*physiology
MH  - Visual Perception/*physiology
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC6534562
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2019/05/28 06:00
MHDA- 2020/10/21 06:00
PMCR- 2019/05/24
CRDT- 2019/05/26 06:00
PHST- 2018/11/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/05/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/05/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/05/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/10/21 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/05/24 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-019-44297-x [pii]
AID - 44297 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-019-44297-x [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2019 May 24;9(1):7838. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-44297-x.