The Linked Dual Representation model (Hutchins & Moreno, 2013) was designed to provide an account for the broad pattern of relationships between vocal perception and production, including both correlations and dissociations between the two. This model makes a unique prediction that musicians with absolute pitch (AP) should be biased towards compensating for objectively mistuned notes in a single note imitation task. In this paper, we tested this prediction by asking musicians with and without AP to imitate vocal notes that are either well-tuned or mistuned. We found that AP musicians were more likely to bias their responses to compensate for mistunings, and that this effect was stronger after longer response delays. We also showed evidence for some implicit AP-like abilities among non-AP musicians. Our findings were predicted by the Linked Dual Representation model, but not other models, providing further evidence for this model.
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February 2015
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February 01 2015
Symbolic and Motor Contributions to Vocal Imitation in Absolute Pitch
Sean Hutchins,
Sean Hutchins
The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada
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Stefanie Hutka,
1Rotman Research Centre at Baycrest Hospital & University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Sean Hutchins, Director of Research, The Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor St. W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1V6. E-mail: Sean.Hutchins@rcmusic.ca
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Sean Hutchins, Director of Research, The Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor St. W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1V6. E-mail: Sean.Hutchins@rcmusic.ca
Music Perception (2015) 32 (3): 254–265.
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Received:
June 10 2014
Accepted:
September 27 2014
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Sean Hutchins, Stefanie Hutka, Sylvain Moreno; Symbolic and Motor Contributions to Vocal Imitation in Absolute Pitch. Music Perception 1 February 2015; 32 (3): 254–265. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2015.32.3.254
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