Singing: a selective deficit in the retrieval of musical intervals.
A case of dissociation between discrimination and retrieval of musical information in a patient with a lesion of the right hemisphere is described. This patient has lost the ability to correctly retrieve a musical interval when required to sing. This occurs in the presence of unimpaired interval discrimination and correct retrieval of temporal patterns and melodic contour (direction).
Schön
Daniele
D
Department of Psychology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy. danschon@lnf.cnrs-mrs.fr
Lorber
Bogdan
B
Spacal
Martin
M
Semenza
Carlo
C
D001307:Auditory Perception; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014831:Voice