title: Does a pitch center exist in auditory cortex?
abstract: Pitch perception is an important component of hearing, allowing us to appreciate melodies and harmonies as well as recognize prosodic cues in speech. Multiple studies over the last decade have suggested that pitch is represented by a pitch-processing center in auditory cortex. However, recent data (Barker D, Plack CJ, Hall DA. Cereb Cortex. In press; Hall DA, Plack CJ. Cereb Cortex 19: 576-585, 2009) now challenge these previous claims of a human "pitch center."
authors: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. dbendor@mit.edu
authors: Daniel
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authors: Bendor
mesh_terms: D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009146:Music; D010898:Pitch Perception / Q000502:physiology*