鲍勃·米尔恩:四首歌曲,一心一意。

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每位音乐家的梦想都是环游世界,获得评论界赞誉,并能够同时聆听四首不同的乐曲。

好吧,也许最后一部分比前两部分更像白日梦。然而,这种非常罕见的同步聆听能力是拉格泰姆钢琴家鲍勃·米尔恩所拥有的一项技能。这种能力非常罕见,以至于米尔恩成为了宾夕法尼亚州立大学神经科学家克斯汀·贝特曼的研究课题。

米尔恩在加利福尼亚州一家社交俱乐部演出时,引起了一位神经科学家的注意,这位神经科学家曾是贝特曼的同事。

米尔恩说他当时在向人们展示他如何能同时用三种不同的拍号演奏——3/4拍、4/4拍和5/4拍。左手演奏一种,右手拇指演奏另一种,右手的其余部分演奏最后一种。

撇开音符不谈,为了让大家了解这有多难,请看这里。尝试在脑海中一遍又一遍地数到三,保持稳定的节拍:1,2,3-1,2,3。现在同时开始数到四,一遍又一遍。(到现在应该是不可能的了。)现在在另外两个节拍之上保持一个五拍子的节拍。

不可能?对大多数人来说,是的。事实上,那天在那里的医生认为这对所有人来说都应该是不可能的。

“他开始大喊,‘你做的事情是不可能的。你同时使用了大脑的两个半球。而且你坐在那里一边和我说话一边做这个是不可能的。’他说,‘鲍勃,我想给你做核磁共振成像。’”


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您可以在Mlive.com上阅读斯科特·阿特金森对米尔恩的精彩简介的其余部分如果您想通过播客形式了解米尔恩,Radiolab在2011年对他进行了专题报道

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