The role of cochlear place coding in the perception of frequency modulation

Natural sounds convey information via frequency and amplitude modulations (FM and AM). Humans are acutely sensitive to the slow rates of FM that are crucial for speech and music. This sensitivity has long been thought to rely on precise stimulus-driven auditory-nerve spike timing (time code), wherea...

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Main Authors: Kelly L Whiteford, Heather A Kreft, Andrew J Oxenham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-09-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/58468