Divergence in the functional organization of human and macaque auditory cortex revealed by fMRI responses to harmonic tones

We report a difference between humans and macaque monkeys in the functional organization of cortical regions implicated in pitch perception. Humans but not macaques showed regions with a strong preference for harmonic sounds compared to noise, measured with both synthetic tones and macaque vocalizat...

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Main Authors: Norman-Haignere, Samuel Victor (Author), Kanwisher, Nancy (Author), McDermott, Josh (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-05-26T16:02:03Z.
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520 |a Massachusetts General Hospital. Center for Functional Neuroimaging Technologies (Grant P41EB015896) 
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