ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2015
Defining the biological bases of individual differences in musicality.
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- Frontoparietal network topology as a neural marker of musical perceptual abilities.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Preschool musicality is associated with school-age communication abilities through genes related to rhythmicity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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- Confronting ethical and social issues related to the genetics of musicality.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Article
- Exploring the genetics of rhythmic perception and musical engagement in the Vanderbilt Online Musicality Study.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Article
- Possible Gender Differences in Classical Music, Flamenco and Fado.Neuroscience insights · 2023Review
- Genome-wide association study of musical beat synchronization demonstrates high polygenicity.Nature human behaviour · 2022Article
- Using a polygenic score in a family design to understand genetic influences on musicality.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Genetic factors and shared environment contribute equally to objective singing ability.iScience · 2022Article
- Congenital amusia-pathology of musical disorder.Journal of applied genetics · 2022Review
- Darwin's sexual selection hypothesis revisited: Musicality increases sexual attraction in both sexes.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- An Analysis of Music Perception Skills on Crowdsourcing Platforms.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2022Article
- Musical instrument engagement in adolescence predicts verbal ability 4 years later: A twin and adoption study.Developmental psychology · 2021Article
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- Genetically related singers-acoustic feature analysis and impact on singer identification.Journal of applied genetics · 2021Article
- Mental health and music engagement: review, framework, and guidelines for future studies.Translational psychiatry · 2021Review
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Abstract
Advances in molecular technologies make it possible to pinpoint genomic factors associated with complex human traits. For cognition and behaviour, identification of underlying genes provides new entry points for deciphering the key neurobiological pathways. In the past decade, the search for genetic correlates of musicality has gained traction. Reports have documented familial clustering for different extremes of ability, including amusia and absolute pitch (AP), with twin studies demonstrating high heritability for some music-related skills, such as pitch perception. Certain chromosomal regions have been linked to AP and musical aptitude, while individual candidate genes have been investigated in relation to aptitude and creativity. Most recently, researchers in this field started performing genome-wide association scans. Thus far, studies have been hampered by relatively small sample sizes and limitations in defining components of musicality, including an emphasis on skills that can only be assessed in trained musicians. With opportunities to administer standardized aptitude tests online, systematic large-scale assessment of musical abilities is now feasible, an important step towards high-powered genome-wide screens. Here, we offer a synthesis of existing literatures and outline concrete suggestions for the development of comprehensive operational tools for the analysis of musical phenotypes.
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