Can You Learn Perfect Pitch?

Some people can identify a pitch without even looking at sheet music. Is it something they re born with or can it be learned? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kevin, Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027715000621 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41194498_Learning_the_Special_Note_Evidence_for_a_Critical_Period_for_Absolute_Pitch_Acquisition https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150528123917.htm https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2015/05/28/acquiring-perfect-pitch-may-be-possible-some-adults https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11007/ http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb05/pitch.aspx http://asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/1.4808626 ---------- Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mozart-small.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hands-music-musician-piano_(23958938169).jpg