Blind people and experienced musicians distinguish pitches better, with less brain noise
Are people who have been blind for most of their lives better at hearing than sighted individuals? In a new study in JNeurosci, Woon Ju Park, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and colleagues explored this question by comparing tone detection and pitch discrimination in people with and without sight.
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