Electrical Neuroimaging of Music Processing in Pianists With and Without True Absolute Pitch

Article Article scientifique Article Electrical Neuroimaging of Music Processing in Pianists With and Without True Absolute Pitch eng 2019 author Coll Sélim Yahia 0000-0002-1156-0391 643661 author Vuichoud Noemi 730928 author Grandjean Didier Maurice 502006 author James Clara 0000-0001-7480-0682 501487 10.3389/fnins.2019.00142 1662-453X PMC6343043 https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.00142/full True absolute pitch (AP), labeling of pitches with semitone precision without a reference, is classically studied using isolated tones. However, AP is acquired and has its function within complex dynamic musical contexts. Here we examined event-related brain responses and underlying cerebral sources to endings of short expressive string quartets, investigating a homogeneous population of young highly trained pianists with half of them possessing true-AP. The pieces ended regularly or contained harmonic transgressions at closure that participants appraised. Given the millisecond precision of ERP analyses, this experimental plan allowed examining whether AP alters music processing at an early perceptual, or later cognitive level, or both, and which cerebral sources underlie differences with non-AP musicians. We also investigated the impact of AP on general auditory cognition. Remarkably, harmonic transgression sensitivity did not differ between AP and non-AP participants, and differences for auditory cognition were only marginal. The key finding of this study is the involvement of amicrostate peaking around 60ms after musical closure, characterizing AP participants. Concurring sources were estimated in secondary auditory areas, comprising the planum temporale, all transgression conditions collapsed. These results suggest that AP is not a panacea to become a proficient musician, but a rare perceptual feature. Complex music Electrical source imaging ERP microstate analysis Trained pianists True absolute Pitch Dewey 128.37 Dewey 150 Swiss National Science Foundation Behavioral, neuro-functional and neuro-anatomical correlates of experience dependant music perception 125050 CH Projects 15 Centre interfacultaire en sciences affectives 0D8 108 Section de psychologie 71 false 1241 Affective sciences 594 Neuroscience de l'émotion et dynamiques affectives (NEAD) Frontiers in Neuroscience 13 1c728afe-8393-439c-9a88-651cbc173a47 Article (Published version) Public CollJamesFAN2019_trueAP.pdf 2829780 application/pdf OA OTHER openAccess Centres et instituts / Centre interfacultaire en sciences affectives Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie

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