Welcome!
Thanks for your interest in our research. If you think that you might be tonedeaf,
then you're in the right place. By participating in this research project,
you can help us to learn more about how music is "heard" by the
brain. The testing is done in two sessions, both at the Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center in the Longwood area of Boston. The first session is about
four hours long, and includes several musical, verbal, and abstract reasoning
exercises. The second session is an MRI which takes about 30 minutes, 15 of
which are in the scanner.
What do I get out of the study?
You are paid $25/hr for your participation. You can feel good that you're
helping to advance neuroscience research. Additionally, you have a chance
to discover more about your musical abilities, and we can send you an image
of your brain scan.
What is "Tonedeafness"?
That's what we're trying to find out. We're looking for people who both have
trouble singing in tune, and who can't tell that they're singing out of tune.
People who are "tonedeaf" often have difficulty distinguishing between
two musical notes that are close together and remembering musical phrases.
However, no one really knows for sure what constitutes "tonedeafness"
- we hope this study will help to shed more light on this interesting phenomenon!
Sounds interesting! What are the next steps?
We've prepared an online musical test that will give us a rough idea of your
musical abilities. It takes about six minutes and requires Flash Player 7.
If you don't yet have Flash 7, you can download it here.
Once you already have Flash 7 installed, you can take the test. Please note that you will not get the results of the test immediately. After finishing the test, you will be asked to email us a code generated by the test that contains your responses. No personal information is transmitted or included in that code.
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