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A research team from Düsseldorf, Germany believes they have located the physical basis of perfect pitch. The team led b y neurologist Gottfried Schlaug and Helmuth Steinmetz of Düsseldorf Heinrich Heine University report that the planum temporale is far larger on the left side than on the right side in professional musicians--especially in those who have perfect pitch (Nowak 616). Previous studies have suggested that the left hemispheric activation sites in the brain are seen during phonological, lexical, or semantic language task performance, while the right hemispheric preponderances are found for melodic an
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Researchers have also suggested that early exposure to pitches can help obtain perfect pitch. “Brain Center Linked to Perfect Pitch. “Scientists Find Place on Left Side of the Brain Where Perfect Pitch is heard.
In conclusion perfect pitch is believed to be caused by a variety of things.
Researches carried out comparisons by means of magnetic resonance imaging, which allowed the researchers to measure the volume of specific brain structures.
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