The human 'pitch center' responds differently to iterated noise and Huggins pitch

Hall, DA and Plack, CJ, 2007. The human 'pitch center' responds differently to iterated noise and Huggins pitch. NeuroReport, 18 (4), pp. 323-327. ISSN 0959-4965

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Abstract

A magnetoencephalographic marker for pitch analysis (the pitch onset response) has been reported for different types of pitch-evoking stimuli, irrespective of whether the acoustic cues for pitch are monaurally or binaurally produced. It is claimed that the pitch onset response reflects a common cortical representation for pitch, putatively in lateral Heschl's gyrus. The result of this functional MRI study sheds doubt on this assertion. We report a direct comparison between iterated ripple noise and Huggins pitch in which we reveal a different pattern of auditory cortical activation associated with each pitch stimulus, even when individual variability in structure-function relations is accounted for. Our results suggest it may be premature to assume that lateral Heschl's gyrus is a universal pitch center.

Item Type:	Journal article
Description:	This is not the final published version.
Publication Title:	NeuroReport
Creators:	Hall, D.A. and Plack, C.J.
Publisher:	Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins
Date:	2007
Volume:	18
Number:	4
ISSN:	0959-4965
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32802b70ce DOI
Rights:	© 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	09 Oct 2015 10:18
Last Modified:	23 Aug 2016 09:09
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/10938

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