People who have "absolute pitch" can identify notes immediately without relying on a reference tone. Intensive research is being conducted into the neuronal basis of this extraordinary ability. The ...

Replay: Here's a helpful primer on how well our ears measure the sound around us, as well as how changes in frequency, loudness and duration affect perception. By Christian Luther. Our ears are the ...

Mozart, Bach and Beethoven are all supposed to have had it: "absolute pitch" - the ability to identify and categorize a note without having to rely on any reference tones. People with absolute pitch ...