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Analyzing pitch chroma and pitch height in the human brain
Jason D Warren1, Stefan Uppenkamp, Roy D Patterson
1Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
|December 19, 2003
Abstract:
The perceptual pitch dimensions of chroma and height have distinct representations in the human brain: chroma is represented in cortical areas anterior to primary auditory cortex, whereas height is represented posterior to primary auditory cortex.