ReviewFrontiers in psychology2014
The genetic basis of music ability.
Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.
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- Attention, working memory, and inhibitory control in aging: Comparing amateur singers, instrumentalists, and active controls.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2024Article
- Individual differences in musical ability among adults with no music training.Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2023Article
- Nocturnal selective pressures on the evolution of human musicality as a missing piece of the adaptationist puzzle.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Comparative analysis of four nuclei in the human brainstem: Individual differences, left-right asymmetry, species differences.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2023Article
- Congenital amusia-pathology of musical disorder.Journal of applied genetics · 2022Review
- Auditory affective processing, musicality, and the development of misophonic reactions.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- The sexual selection of creativity: A nomological approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Elements of musical and dance sophistication predict musical groove perception.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Music Aptitude, Training, and Cognitive Transfer: A Mini-Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Use of explicit priming to phenotype absolute pitch ability.PloS one · 2022Article
- Across demographics and recent history, most parents sing to their infants and toddlers daily.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
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- Theoretical Framework for Facilitating Young Musicians' Learning of Expressive Performance.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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- Inherent auditory skills rather than formal music training shape the neural encoding of speech.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
- Factors affecting pitch discrimination performance in a cohort of extensively phenotyped healthy volunteers.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- The Role of the Baldwin Effect in the Evolution of Human Musicality.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2017Article
- Musical Sophistication and the Effect of Complexity on Auditory Discrimination in Finnish Speakers.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2017Article
- Relationship between Intelligence Quotient and Musical Ability in Children with Cochlear Implantation.Iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology · 2016Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Music is an integral part of the cultural heritage of all known human societies, with the capacity for music perception and production present in most people. Researchers generally agree that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to the broader realization of music ability, with the degree of music aptitude varying, not only from individual to individual, but across various components of music ability within the same individual. While environmental factors influencing music development and expertise have been well investigated in the psychological and music literature, the interrogation of possible genetic influences has not progressed at the same rate. Recent advances in genetic research offer fertile ground for exploring the genetic basis of music ability. This paper begins with a brief overview of behavioral and molecular genetic approaches commonly used in human genetic analyses, and then critically reviews the key findings of genetic investigations of the components of music ability. Some promising and converging findings have emerged, with several loci on chromosome 4 implicated in singing and music perception, and certain loci on chromosome 8q implicated in absolute pitch and music perception. The gene AVPR1A on chromosome 12q has also been implicated in music perception, music memory, and music listening, whereas SLC6A4 on chromosome 17q has been associated with music memory and choir participation. Replication of these results in alternate populations and with larger samples is warranted to confirm the findings. Through increased research efforts, a clearer picture of the genetic mechanisms underpinning music ability will hopefully emerge.
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