Does musical talent in the genes

Practice not always makes perfect, especially in music. The researchers compared pairs of identical twins and found that no matter how hard and practiced one twin, the other twin with a little practice it will be the same level in some musical skills.

This is because some aspects of musical talent in the genes, researchers say.

"The view that externally imposed practice will lead to perfection – is wrong," said researcher Miriam Mosey, a neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

Mosey and her colleagues studied the DNA of 1211 pairs of adult identical twins (almost 100% identical genes) and 1358 pairs of twins (50% identical genes). Those who played musical instruments, told how many years and how many hours per week they practiced at different ages.

Then MOSI has tested the musical skills of participants to find out whether the practice had an impact on their abilities. She observed the differences in tone, the ability to distinguish between melodies and recognize rhythms.

Like most people, the mossi believed that more practice time increased the points and abilities. However, it was found that among identical twins are not revealed the relationship between amount of practice and their musical abilities.

Two twins had the same level of musical ability, regardless of their practices.

Researchers concluded that genetics or perhaps other factors such as environmental influences play a larger role than practice in certain aspects of musical talent such as the recognition of tones and rhythms.

Source: globalscience.ru