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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Auditory Perception

Background:

  • Functional brain networks underpin cognitive and perceptual skills.
  • Decreased functional connectivity is associated with neurological and psychiatric disorders.
  • The effects of increased functional connectivity are less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neural basis of exceptional perceptual abilities in individuals with absolute pitch (AP).
  • To explore the relationship between increased functional connectivity and enhanced auditory perception in a healthy population.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during music listening.
  • Analysis of functional correlation networks, including degree, clustering, and local efficiency.
  • Comparison of brain network properties between individuals with and without AP.

Main Results:

  • Individuals with AP exhibited increased functional activation during music listening.
  • AP possessors showed higher degrees, clustering, and local efficiency in functional correlation networks.
  • These differences were most pronounced around the left superior temporal gyrus.

Conclusions:

  • Increased functional connectivity in a small-world brain network is associated with exceptional perceptual abilities.
  • This study provides evidence linking enhanced brain network efficiency to superior auditory processing in healthy individuals.