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Pitch Perception Skewed By Modern Tuning

The feed deliverers us news of research suggesting that the use of A as the universal tuning frequency has made our ears less discerning of the notes immediately around it. Here's the abstract from PNAS describing research with people possessing the rare quality of "absolute pitch."

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  1. Cursed PDF Format by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just want article text. HTML can do that. I refuse to read .PDF files.

  2. Bring on the penis jokes! by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    PNAS! Come on!

    I know we've done it before, but that doesn't stop us. Allow me to demonstrate:

    In Soviet Russia, us stops that! Frist psot! Reductium Ad Hitler.

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  3. PNAS? by jessecurry · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    PNAS?!?! Lol.... that sounds a little too much like a part of the male anatomy.

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  4. MOD PARENT UP by raddan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    foo (lameness).