The neuronal representation of pitch in primate auditory cortex

Daniel Bendor () and Xiaoqin Wang ()
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Daniel Bendor: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Xiaoqin Wang: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Nature, 2005, vol. 436, issue 7054, 1161-1165

Abstract: Music to the ears Pitch is fundamental to our perception of music. A single musical note is placed higher or lower on a musical scale according to its pitch, which is related to the frequency of its acoustic waveform. But pitch perception can remain constant despite large changes in the acoustical input. This may be important for music appreciation, and, importantly, speech perception. Animals too can recognize pitch and now experiments in marmoset monkeys provide evidence for neurons that respond in similar ways to a variety of different sounds that all have the same fundamental frequency. These neurons, grouped in a specific area in the auditory cortex, may therefore encode the pitch of complex sounds.

Date: 2005
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