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- Title
Is Hey Jude in the right key? Cognitive components of absolute pitch memory.
- Authors
Van Hedger, Stephen C.; Halpern, Andrea R.; Vollweiler, David J.; Smith, Evan E.; Pfordresher, Peter Q.
- Abstract
Most individuals, regardless of formal musical training, have long-term absolute pitch memory (APM) for familiar musical recordings, though with varying levels of accuracy. The present study followed up on recent evidence suggesting an association between singing accuracy and APM (Halpern & Pfordresher, 2022, Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 84(1), 260–269), as well as tonal short-term memory (STM) and APM (Van Hedger et al., 2018, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(4), 879–891). Participants from three research sites (n = 108) completed a battery of tasks including APM, tonal STM, singing accuracy, and self-reported auditory imagery. Both tonal STM and singing accuracy predicted APM, replicating prior results. Tonal STM also predicted singing accuracy, music training, and auditory imagery. Further tests suggested that the association between APM and singing accuracy was fully mediated by tonal STM. This pattern comports well with models of vocal pitch matching that include STM for pitch as a mechanism for sensorimotor translation.
- Subjects
SELF-evaluation; MUSIC; MOTOR ability; SENSES; TASK performance; RESEARCH evaluation; MUSICAL perception; MEDICAL research; SHORT-term memory; IMAGINATION; SINGING; MUSICAL pitch
- Publication
Memory & Cognition, 2024, Vol 52, Issue 5, p1142
- ISSN
0090-502X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3758/s13421-024-01530-x