Cortical Pitch Regions in Humans Respond Primarily to Resolved Harmonics and Are Located in Specific Tonotopic Regions of Anterior Auditory Cortex

• Published in: The Journal of neuroscience Vol. 33; no. 50; pp. 19451 - 19469
• Main Authors: Norman-Haignere, Sam, Kanwisher, Nancy, McDermott, Josh H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society for Neuroscience 11.12.2013
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation - methods; Adult; Auditory Cortex - physiology; Auditory Pathways - physiology; Female; Functional Neuroimaging; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Pitch Discrimination - physiology; Pitch Perception - physiology; periodicity; fMRI; auditory cortex; tonotopy; pitch; resolved harmonics

Pitch is a defining perceptual property of many real-world sounds, including music and speech. Classically, theories of pitch perception have differentiated between temporal and spectral cues. These cues are rendered distinct by the frequency resolution of the ear, such that some frequencies produce...