A map of periodicity orthogonal to frequency representation in the cat auditory cortex
Harmonic sounds, such as voiced speech sounds and many animal communication signals, are characterized by a pitch related to the periodicity of their envelopes. While frequency information is extracted by mechanical filtering of the cochlea, periodicity information is analyzed by temporal filter mec...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2009-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.07.027.2009/full |