Does a pitch center exist in auditory cortex?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 743-746

  Bendor, Daniel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Lateral heschl's gyrus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; ITERATED RIPPLE NOISE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855829742     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00804.2011     Document Type: Article

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