Congenital amusia: A group study of adults afflicted with a music-specific disorder

• Published in: Brain (London, England : 1878) Vol. 125; no. Pt 2; pp. 238 - 251
• Main Authors: AYOTTE, Julie, PERETZ, Isabelle, HYDE, Krista
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.02.2002
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Aged; Auditory Perception; Auditory Perception - physiology; Auditory Perceptual Disorders - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Disorders; Female; Humans; Learning Disabilities; Learning Disorders; Male; Medical sciences; Memory - physiology; Middle Aged; Music; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Nervous system as a whole; Neurology; Phonological Processing; Pitch; Pitch Discrimination; Human; Nervous system diseases; Amusia; Congenital; Learning disability; Music; Auditory disorder; ENT disease; Adult; Diagnosis; Neurological disorder; Congenital disease

The condition of congenital amusia, commonly known as tone-deafness, has been described for more than a century, but has received little empirical attention. In the present study, a research effort has been made to document in detail the behavioural manifestations of congenital amusia. A group of 11...