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Absolute pitch in a four-year-old boy with autism
James N Brenton1, Seth P Devries, Christine Barton
1Pediatric Section, Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
Abstract:
Absolute pitch is the ability to identify the pitch of an isolated tone. We report on a 4-year-old boy with autism and absolute pitch, one of the youngest reported in the literature. Absolute pitch is thought to be attributable to a single gene, transmitted in an autosomal-dominant fashion. The association of absolute pitch with autism raises the speculation that this talent could be linked to a genetically distinct subset of children with autism. Further, the identification of absolute pitch in even young children with autism may lead to a lifelong skill.
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