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Not really. Most of us just have no reason to practice it. If we lacked the ability, audio engineers wouldn't use reverb effects.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/05/2...

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However if I recall correctly, whether this is actually innate ability in humans, of something that happens when you throw large neural network on a problem is still an open question. Seeing what even 100 neurons in artificial nerual network can learn, I'd guess the latter, but that's just a guess.

How would you distinguish between an innate ability and something our brains are capable of? Those seem like the same thing to me.

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