@article {4255, title = {Divergence in the functional organization of human and macaque auditory cortex revealed by fMRI responses to harmonic tones}, journal = {Nature Neuroscience}, year = {2019}, month = {06/10/2019}, abstract = {
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 vocalizations. In contrast, frequency-selective tonotopic maps were similar between the two species. This species difference may be driven by the unique demands of speech and music perception in humans.
}, issn = {1097-6256}, doi = {10.1038/s41593-019-0410-7}, url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-019-0410-7}, author = {Sam V Norman-Haignere and Nancy Kanwisher and Josh H. McDermott and B. R. Conway} }