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Diana Deutsch is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego, and conducts research on perception and memory for sounds, particularly music. She has discovered a number of musical illusions and paradoxes, which include the octave illusion, the scale illusion, the glissando illusion, the tritone paradox, and the cambiata illusion , among others. She also explores ways in which we hold musical information in memory, and in which we relate the sounds of music and speech to each other. Much of her current research focuses on the question of absolute pitch - why some people possess it, and why it is so rare. Deutsch obtained a First Class Honors B.A. in Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology from Oxford University, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. She has over 150 written publications, including books, book chapters, and articles. She is Editor of the book The Psychology of Music, Academic Press, 1982, 2nd Edition 1999, (see review), and author of the compact discs Musical Illusions and Paradoxes (1995) and Phantom Words and Other Curiosities (2003) see review of both CDs. Deutsch has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Acoustical Society of America, the Audio Engineering Society, the Society of Experimental Psychologists, the American Psychological Society, and the American Psychological Association. She has served as Governor of the Audio Engineering Society, as Chair of the Section on Psychology of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as President of Division 10 of the American Psychological Association (Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts), and as Chair of the Society of Experimental Psychologists. She is Founding Editor of the journal Music Perception, and served as Founding President of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. She was awarded the Rudolf Arnheim Award for Outstanding Achievement in Psychology and the Arts by the American Psychological Association in 2004, and the Gustav Theodor Fechner Award for Outstanding Contributions to Empirical Aesthetics by the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics in 2008. For more information, including a list of publications including posted PDF files, visit Diana Deutsch's web page in the UCSD Psychology Department. Some media descriptions of research by Deutsch and colleagues:What's on DNTO: Oct. 17 - CBC Radio, October, 2009Freaky news about your brain may change your mind - Elizabeth Landau, CNN Health, August, 2009 Der Fluch des Kammertons - Iris Gutiérrez, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagzeitung, July, 2009 Words into a song: the illusion of the brain? (in Chinese) - Chinese Academy of Audiology, May, 2009 The Ears Have It - Charlotte Gardner, BBC Magazine, July, 2009, 37-39 Az abszolút hallásról - Hir6, January, 2009 Toontaal sleutel tot absoluut gehoor - Erica Renckens, Kennislink, May, 2009 Perfect Pitch Related to Language - Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, May, 2009 Tone language is key to perfect pitch - e! Science News, May, 2009 Absolutes Gehör: Kein genetischer Glücksfall, sondern sprachabhängig - Der Standard, May, 2009 Forscher lüften Geheimnis des absoluten Gehörs - Sybille Möckl, Welt Online, May, 2009 Das absolute Gehör - Werner Siefer, Focus Online, May, 2009 Perfect Pitch: Language Wins Out Over Genetics - PhysOrg, May, 2009 Tone Language Is Key To Perfect Pitch - Inga Kiderra, Science Daily, May, 2009 Tonal languages are the key to perfect pitch - Hazel Muir, New Scientist, April, 2009 Toned Up, Tuned In - Rachel Saslow, The Washington Post, May, 2009 Learning Chinese languages makes you musical, claim scientists - Richard Alleyne, Telegraph, April, 2009 Perfect Pitch: Language Wins Out Over Genetics - Diana Deutsch, Kevin Dooley, Trevor Henthorn and Brian Head, Media Release, Acoustical Society of America, May, 2009 Talk into tune - Carl Wilson, Globe and Mail, February, 2009 Brain researchers track auditory illusions - Interview with Jochen Paulus, Southwest German Public Radio, December, 2008 Brain researchers track auditory illusions - Jochen Paulus, Southwest German Public Radio, December, 2008 Music special: Five great auditory illusions - Michael Marshall, NewScientist, February, 2008 The Speech-to-Song Illusion - Diana Deutsch, Rachael Lapidis, and Trevor Henthorn, Media Release, Acoustical Society of America, November, 2008 Brain sees fine line between speech and song - New Scientist, November, 2008 Our Brains Need Inhibitors to Perceive Speech - Softpedia, November, 2008 Wiederholungen machen Sprachmelodie horbar’ - Scienceticker.info, November, 2008 Wie uns das Ohr ubers Ohr haut - Interview with Frank von Groteluschen, German Public Radio, October, 2008 'A perfect pitch match.' - Excerpted from, Oliver Sacks' book: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. Columbia Magazine, 2007 ¿Cómo percibimos la música? Los Lectores Preguntan a Eduardo Punset - Eduardo Punset, 2007 Through to the next round - Marcus Low, Health24, 2007 Musical Language (Radio Lab), Podcast - WNYC's Radio Lab, 2007 '¿Se encuentra el oído absoluto en los genes?' - Ed Edelson trans Dr. Tango, Yahoo Salud, August, 2007 'Is Perfect Pitch All in the Genes?' - Ed Edelson, HealthDay News, August, 2007 'Psychologists Create Surprising Musical Illusion' - Adriana Salerno, Voice of America, August, 2007 'Musical Illusions' - Julie J. Rehmeyer, Science News, June, 2007 Speaking in Tones. Ni hao or bonjour: do genes drive preference for language type? - Choi, Charles Q., Scientific American, September, 2007 'Musical Language' - Interview with Jad Abumrad, New York Public Radio, April, 2006 'Do My Ears Deceive Me' - Interview with Chris Maslanka, BBC Radio 3, April, 2006 ‘Your Brain on Music’ - David Ranada, Sound & Vision Magazine, May, 2006 'Music on the Mind' - Scott Fields, APS Observer, April, 2006 'Prelude to Perfect Pitch' - Kate McCartin, Trenton Times, May, 2006 'Perfect pitch' - Fran Kelly, ABC Radio National, January, 2005 ' Perfect Pitch' - Dean Edell, ABC7 KGO-TV/DT, February, 2005 'L'oreille absolue des asiatiques' - Bruno Rougier, Radio France, January, 2005 'Perfect pitch' - Sadie F. Dingfelder, APA Monitor on Psychology, February, 2005 'Perfect pitch' - National Geographic, March, 2005 'Oreille absolue : avantage aux Chinois' - Pour La Science, January, 2005 Musical Mandarins - 21st Century Online, December, 2004 Ernest Ruiz and Fernando Cabedo Bosquet - Mundo hi-fi, December, 2004 'Science in Action' - Interview with Molly Bentley, BBC World Service, December, 2004 'The World Today' - Interview with BBC World Service, November, 2004 'Warum Mandarin das absolute Gehör begünstigt' - Eva Hörschgen, Wissenschaft.de, November, 2004 'Chinesen sind die besseren Musiker' - Katharina Kramer, Die Welt, December, 2004 'Absolutes Gehor: Sprache schult das Ohr' - Spiegel Online, November, 2004 'L'oreille absolue : plus facile pour les Chinois' - Isabelle Masingue, Quebec Science, November, 2004 'Absolutt gehør ved hjelp av språk?' - Harald Aastorp, Forskning.no, November, 2004 'Wieso haben so vielo Chinesen das absolute Gehör?' - Katherina Kramer, NZZ am Sontag, November, 2004 'Mandarin Chinese speaks volumes in giving the young an ear for music' - Ian Sample and Faisal al Yafai, The Guardian, November, 2004 'Tonsprachen und absolutes Gehor gehoren zusammen.' - Yahoo! Nachrichten, November, 2004 'Study: Language Determines Music Skills' - Jennifer Viegas, Discovery Channel, November, 2004 'Psychologists Pobe Perfect Pitch' - Nadja Geipert, ScienceNow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, November, 2004 'Speaking Tonal Languages Promotes Perfect Pitch' - Don Monroe, Scientific American, November, 2004 'Tone language translates to perfect pitch' - Inga Kiderra, Science Daily, November, 2004 'Perfect Pitch in Tone Language Speakers Carries Over to Music' - Diana Deutsch, Trevor Henthorn, Elizabeth Marvin, and HongShuai Xu, Media Release, Acoustical Society of America, November, 2004 'Can't get it out of my head' - Carl Zimmer, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, February, 2004 'Das absolute Gehör ist gewöhnlicher als gedacht' - Ulrich Dewald, Wissenschaft.de, April, 2003 'Potential for Acquiring Absolute Pitch Based on Time and Genetics' - Brian Weaver, American Psychological Society, December, 2002 The Science Behind the Song Stuck in Your Head - Roy Rivenburg, Los Angeles Times, October, 2001 'A paradox of musical pitch' - Deborah Smith, Monitor on Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2001 'The Biology of Perfect Pitch: Name That Tone' - Michael Abrams, Discover, December, 2001 'Auditory Illusion Shaped by First Language' - Charles Seife, ScienceNow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, December, 2000 Anyone can have perfect pitch, all they have to do is learn Vietnamese at a very early age - Cherry Norton, The Independent, November, 1999 'Study links perfect pitch to tonal language’ - James Glanz, New York Times (front page), November, 1999 ‘Striking the right Note’ - Kathryn Brown, The New Scientist, December, 1999 'UCSD prof makes a hard pitch for perfect pitch' - David Graham, San Diego Union Tribune, December, 1999 'Speaking in Tones' - Alan Hall, Scientific American, November, 1999 'Tone Language Speakers Possess Absolute Pitch' - Diana Deutsch, Trevor Henthorn, and Mark Dolson, Media Release, Acoustical Society of America, 1999 'Do you hear what I hear?' - Steven Hunt, Discovery Channel, Canada, March, 1997 'You must be hearing things' - Bob McDonald, Quirks and Quarks, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1997 'Musical Illusions and Paradoxes' - Robyn Williams, The Science Show, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1997 'Mothers and their children hear a musical illusion in strikingly similar ways' - media release, Acoustical Society of America, 1996 'Escher for the Ear' - Philip Yam, Scientific American, March, 1996 |