[Cyborg] acquiring perfect pitch in later life

[Jean Rintoul]

paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23352169


On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Jean Rintoul <jean.rintoul at gmail.com> wrote:

> This paper is pretty awesome. I'd love to be able to continue learning new
> things all my life. If everyone could do this, it would make aging far more
> appealing.
>
> As my friend Alex pointed out - What's the point of longevity if we have
> to luck into fit all the crucial learning into the first 15 years, before
> we're conscious of how we want to live our life?
>
>
> The downside to this is that valproate, or depakote, is also a mood
> stabilizer(my housemate takes it for bipolar disorder) and that is not
> necessarily appealing to take if you like being moody or having highs and
> lows.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Anthony Di Franco <di.franco at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> " In more recent times, HDIs are being studied as a mitigator for
>> neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's
>> disease.[16] Enhancement of memory formation is increased in mice given the
>> HDIs sodium butyrate or SAHA, or by genetic knockout of the HDAC2 gene in
>> mice.[17] While that may have relevance to Alzheimer's disease, it was
>> shown that some cognitive deficits were restored in actual transgenic mice
>> that have a model of Alzheimer's disease (3xTg-AD) by orally administered
>> nicotinamide, a competitive HDI of Class III sirtuins.[18]"
>>
>> - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone_deacetylase_inhibitor
>>
>> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotinamide
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004FO6ATC/ref=redir_mdp_mobile
>> On Dec 30, 2013 11:37 AM, "Ted Prodromou" <tedpdream at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> WANT. Oh, I'd like this very much.
>>
>> I know a few people with perfect pitch (mostly from singing stuff), and
>> some of them just cringe when others are off-key. So there may be a risk of
>> becoming more sensitive.
>>
>> But so worth it!
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Miki Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://jezebel.com/science-might-give-you-perfect-pitch-now-go-become-nex-1491431483/
>>>
>>> Better living through chemistry!
>>>
>>> m.
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