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Brain structural morphometry in non-musicians with superior pitch identification ability

Jiancheng Hou^1,2, Thomas Hosseini³, Michael W O'Boyle⁴

¹Research Center for Cross-Straits Cultural Development, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, Fujian, China. bonjovi_hou@163.com.

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Cortical thickness Gray matter volume Non-musicians Pitch identification Superior pitch identification ability

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