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Frontiers explores new ideas in science, meeting the researchers whoÌýsee the world through fresh eyes and challenge existing theories - as well asÌýhearing fromÌýtheir critics. ManyÌýsuch developments create new ethical and moral questions and Frontiers is not afraid to consider these.
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Amusia
When we listen to music, do we all hear the same thing?
The answer, according to some neuroscientists and psychologists, is no.
Amusia is a little-known phenomenon that changes people’s perception of music and affects up to one in 20 people.
“It’s been compared to colourblindess,� says Lauren Stewart, a psychologist from Goldsmith’s College. “Just as people with colourblindness might see reds, pinks and oranges as the same, amusic people have a very coarse representation of the notes of the musical scale.�
This week Peter Evans meets people with amusia and finds out what’s happening in their brains, and asks whether the cause is nature or nurture.
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