Do Musicians with Perfect Pitch Have More Autism Traits than Musicians without Perfect Pitch? An Empirical Study

Anders Dohn; Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal; Pamela Heaton; Peter Vuust

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037961

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Do Musicians with Perfect Pitch Have More Autism Traits than Musicians without Perfect Pitch? An Empirical Study

Anders Dohn ,

* E-mail: dohn@pet.auh.dk

Affiliations Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark
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Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal,

Affiliations Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark, Department of Neurology, University Hospital, and Neuroscience Unit, Center for Research and Development in Health Sciences (CIDICS), Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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Pamela Heaton,

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Peter Vuust

Affiliations Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark
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Do Musicians with Perfect Pitch Have More Autism Traits than Musicians without Perfect Pitch? An Empirical Study

Anders Dohn,
Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal,
Pamela Heaton,
Peter Vuust

Published: May 30, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037961

About the Authors

Anders Dohn

* E-mail: dohn@pet.auh.dk

Affiliations Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark

Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal

Affiliations Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark, Department of Neurology, University Hospital, and Neuroscience Unit, Center for Research and Development in Health Sciences (CIDICS), Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Pamela Heaton

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London, London, United Kingdom

Peter Vuust

Affiliations Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD PV. Performed the experiments: AD. Analyzed the data: AD EAGV PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD EAGV. Wrote the paper: AD EAGV PH PV.

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