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| Title |
Valproate reopens critical-period learning of absolute pitch
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00102 |
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| Authors |
Judit Gervain, Bradley W. Vines, Lawrence M. Chen, Rubo J. Seo, Takao K. Hensch, Janet F. Werker, Allan H. Young |
| Abstract |
Absolute pitch, the ability to identify or produce the pitch of a sound without a reference point, has a critical period, i.e., it can only be acquired early in life. However, research has shown that histone-deacetylase inhibitors (HDAC inhibitors) enable adult mice to establish perceptual preferences that are otherwise impossible to acquire after youth. In humans, we found that adult men who took valproate (VPA) (a HDAC inhibitor) learned to identify pitch significantly better than those taking placebo-evidence that VPA facilitated critical-period learning in the adult human brain. Importantly, this result was not due to a general change in cognitive function, but rather a specific effect on a sensory task associated with a critical-period. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 367 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 106 | 29% |
| United Kingdom | 20 | 5% |
| Canada | 15 | 4% |
| Japan | 9 | 2% |
| Australia | 4 | 1% |
| India | 3 | <1% |
| Peru | 3 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 3 | <1% |
| France | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 34 | 9% |
| Unknown | 167 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 302 | 82% |
| Scientists | 36 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 19 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 9 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 54 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 22% |
| Canada | 5 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 7% |
| France | 2 | 4% |
| Brazil | 2 | 4% |
| Germany | 2 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 4% |
| Japan | 2 | 4% |
| Spain | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 17 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 91 | 169% |
| Researcher | 77 | 143% |
| Student > Bachelor | 46 | 85% |
| Student > Master | 41 | 76% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 28 | 52% |
| Other | 85 | 157% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 91 | 169% |
| Psychology | 87 | 161% |
| Neuroscience | 54 | 100% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 44 | 81% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 31% |
| Other | 51 | 94% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 735. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 April 2024.
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