Talk:Beat deafness

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As part of an assignment for our Sensation and Perception class at the University of Saint Thomas, we will be adding an educational article explaining Beat deafness on this site. As there is no current discussion or article pertaining to this subject, we will be creating one during this fall semester. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kswen09 (talk • contribs) 21:03, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Prof Comments
Great first start revising this article from a one sentence stub. A few recommendations: In the rarity section, omit "further studies should" sentence. In the neural processing section, omit the core and belt discussion if you're not going to directly address how they contribute to beat perception. Also, hyperlink to auditory nerve rather than just nerve. Finally, how do we know that newborn infants can detect the beat? Can you discuss/provide the evidence that they can? Too bad it wouldn't be appropriate to link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7_0SOTQLIQ to illustrate that. ProfRox (talk) 13:44, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

comments
Hey classmates, Over all, easy to follow especially the section labeled "rarity" but maybe use a different heading such as prevelance. But the example really made it easy to follow!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tayl2461 (talk • contribs) 00:48, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Great article! Here are just a couple of comments: It looks like there is a typo in the last sentence of Characteristics. The neural basis sections is good. I get it. I just wonder if the average user would find it a bit tedious with all the info about the belts. That's it. Way to go. Smyelin (talk) 04:27, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Your article was easy to follow. I liked the example scenario of the Canadian grad student. There weren't too many hyperlinks, which is good. Great research and information. Nice work! Metz8688 (talk) 15:21, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Wow, this explains a lot.. Well done, very clear and concise and I especially enjoyed the information on beat perception in animals. One thing that I would be interested in learning about is if someone were to have beat deafness, is there anything he or she could do to improve their beat recognition or ability to dance to music? --Morsecode22 (talk) 16:43, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Traumatic brain injury
Hi Guys! Overall it’s a good article; very clear and understandable! I was wondering if a TBI could result in beat deafness in a person. Are there any studies out there where people had previously been able to detect beat but cannot following a TBI? Also, because the brain has been shown to have such great plasticity, is it possible to work on one's beat deafness and "cure" them of the condition - i.e. is there treatment for this condition?

Eml9412 (talk) 17:26, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello fellow classmates I was very impressed by the way you organized your information. This is a topic of great interest because I doubt many people see the inability to hear beat and rhythm as having neurological basis. I wonder however is there is an effective way in which to treat this. overall great job guys. user: Demi god is cool —Preceding undated comment added 15:42, 5 December 2011 (UTC).

Hey all! Great job with this article. It was very concise and I feel I learned a lot. I wonder, is there anything wrong with transduction in a person with beat deafness (i.e. something wrong with the cochlea)? Also, maybe a section on Mathieu is warranted. Your information flows well, it just seems the information on Mathieu is scattered. Nice work! PsychLove13 (talk) 23:03, 5 December 2011 (UTC)PsychLove13

This is a very interesting topic! I enjoyed learning about it. Are you able to add the number of people who have beat deafness in the U.S. or/and the word in the Rarity section? I feel as though this will show how rare it is. Also, could you link belt in the Neural Basis section? I think it would be good if readers do not know what that is. Your comparison to tone deafness section was great! I was wondering about that as I was reading and you answered my questions at the section. Micjojans89 (talk) 21:30, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Is beat deafness that rare
It is described in the text as extremely rare, but the incidence is given at 4%. Surely, if were were extremely rare incidence would be in the range 1 in a million and a maximum 1 in 10,000. Rare up, to about 10% and uncommon say 0% to 10%. I haven't change d the text, but please consider it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.59.164 (talk) 07:35, 22 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Something is certainly wrong here. The amusia article lists Congenital Amusia as occurring in 4% of the population (with citation given), and Beat Deafness is an uncommon subset of Congenital Amusia.  Since that line about the 4% incidence rate has no citation, and it conflicts with an other page that does provide citations, I would be inclined to remove the line as factually incorrect, but I can't find the correct incidence rate to replace it with.  Potatman (talk) 19:06, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Treatment or Therapy
Is it possible to improve the abbility to match a beat? Are there any known treatments?--2A02:810A:11BF:E564:AC71:8D41:BF6D:8218 (talk) 13:58, 4 June 2021 (UTC)