Sensitivity to Sequential Structure in Musical Savants

Journal/Book: Amer J Ment Retard. 1995; 99: 1719 Kalorama Rd, NW, Washington, DC 20009. Amer Assn Mental Retardation. 391-398.

Abstract: Eight pianists with mild to moderate degrees of mental retardation and 8 comparison subjects were asked to duplicate chord sequences of varying length and musical structure in an immediate memory format. All participants were sensitive to the structural dimensions of the material, and differences between groups were restricted to the least structured material.

Note: Article LK Miller, Univ Illinois, Dept Psychol, MC285, Chicago, IL 60680 USA

Keyword(s): Adult ; Child ; Cognition. Mental Retardation; Music ; Pitch Perception. Comparative Study; Female; Human; Male

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