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People used to think few things were learnable and you had to have innate talent to learn something. One of the few remaining holdouts of this idea is perfect
by ants_everywhere 3y ago
People used to think few things were learnable and you had to have innate talent to learn something.
One of the few remaining holdouts of this idea is perfect pitch. Most people I've seen express an opinion don't believe it's learnable after some childhood cutoff period. I'm not sure how well researched it is, though.
- spease 3y agoThere was a study where they found that taking valproate opened a critical period that helped people learn it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848041/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848041/
- ants_everywhere 3y agoVery cool, I wasn't aware of that study. Thanks!