Genetic factors and shared environment contribute equally to objective singing ability
Daniel Yeom, Yi Ting Tan, Nick Haslam, Miriam A. Mosing, Valerie Yap, Trisnasari Fraser, Michael S. Hildebrand, Samuel F. Berkovic, Gary E. McPherson, Isabelle Peretz, Sarah J. Wilson
Abstract
= 37.1%). Childhood singing in the family home and being surrounded by music early in life both significantly predicted the phenotypic index. Taken together, these findings show that singing ability is equally influenced by genetic and shared environmental factors.
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SingingHeritabilityPsychologyBiologyDevelopmental psychologyCognitive psychologyEvolutionary biologyManagementEconomicsNeuroscience and Music PerceptionDiverse Music Education InsightsMusic Therapy and Health