title: Cortical correlates of acquired deafness to dissonance.
abstract: Patient I.R., who had bilateral lesions in the auditory cortex but intact hearing, did not distinguish dissonant from consonant musical excerpts in behavioral testing. We additionally found that the electrical brain responses did not differentiate musical intervals in terms of their dissonance/consonance, consistent with the idea that this phenomenon depends on the integrity of cortical functions.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland. elvira@cbru.helsinki.fi
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brattico
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tervaniemi
authors.forename: Vesa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Valimaki
authors.forename: Titia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Van Zuijen
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Peretz
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003638:Deafness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009146:Music