Learning fast and accurate absolute pitch judgment in adulthood

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If you find absolute pitch or musical imagery interesting as I do, you might also want to check out this Psychonomic Bulletin & Review paper by Wong et al. (2025) about the trainability of absolute pitch among adults (open access). The study is also fea…

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"Learning fast and accurate absolute pitch judgment in adulthood" People can learn to recognize musical pitches better at any age. It's not magic but practice. Hearing may change as we get older, so focus on skills that last. Article | Discussion

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