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How do our brains analyze temporal structure in sound?

Nature Neuroscience volume 1, pages 343–345 (1998)Cite this article

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How does the human brain process the temporal structure of a musical sound? A PET imaging study identifies cortical regions involved in pitch computation and melodic pattern recognition.

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Figure 1: Illustration of the phenomenon described by Christian Huygens in 1693.
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Figure 2: Lateral view of the human brain illustrating areas of cortex activated by delay-and-add noise.
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  1. Department of Neuropsychology, Montreal Neurological Hospital, 3901 University, Montreal, H3A 2B4, PQ, Canada

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