title: [The phenomenon of hearing: an interdisciplinary discussion. II].
abstract: This part of the paper deals with the neurophysiological background of speech analysis and hearing of music. Single vowel- and consonant-detector cells could be clearly separated at the colliculus and geniculate level (Kallert, Keidel). Musical stimulation is decoded at three levels: hair cells, geniculate, and auditory cortex. Human cortical evoked potentials represent rhythm, consonance, and (as DC-shift) the emotional content of music. Marked harmonics, even of single hair-cell vibrations and in single units of medial geniculate in combination with clock-cell networks, are the physiological basis of "harmony" in music. Dissonant stimuli are detectable at the cortical level in man (Finkenzeller, Keidel).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physiologie und Biokybernetik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, FRG.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Keidel
mesh_terms: D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000502:physiology; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000502:physiology; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009146:Music; D009928:Organ Specificity; D013060:Speech; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Das Phänomen des Hörens: Ein interdisziplinärer Diskurs. Teil II.