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Re: [Phys-l] Student engagement


There are a lot of things that are assumed to be inborn, which clearly
are
not. A good example here is perfect pitch. It is completely
trainable.
Mandarin is a language which uses pitch to discriminate between words.
Testing has shown that Mandarin speakers usually have perfect pitch.



The recent reference

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition by Oliver Sacks

To the contrary.