Functional cortical mapping of auditory illusion: An fMRI investigation of "Scale Illusion"

• Published in: 2012 5th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics pp. 117 - 120
• Main Authors: Li-qun Wang, Kuriki, Shinya
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: IEEE 01.10.2012
• Subjects: BOLD Contrast; fMRI; Functional Brain Mapping; Scale Illusion

We studied cortical activation using 1.5 T fMRI during "Scale Illusion", a kind of auditory illusion, in which eighteen subjects (20±1.3 years old) perceived smooth melodies while listening to dichotic irregular pitch sequences consisting of scale tones, in repeated phrases composed of eig...