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  Coding of Melodic Gestalt in Human Auditory Cortex

Schindler, A., Herdener, M., & Bartels, A. (2013). Coding of Melodic Gestalt in Human Auditory Cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 23(12), 2987-2993. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhs289.

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Schindler, A, Author           
Herdener, M1, 2, Author           
Bartels, A, Author           
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1Department High-Field Magnetic Resonance, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society, ou_1497796              
2Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society, Spemannstrasse 38, 72076 Tübingen, DE, ou_1497794              

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 Abstract: The perception of a melody is invariant to the absolute properties of its constituting notes, but depends on the relation between them—the melody's relative pitch profile. In fact, a melody's “Gestalt” is recognized regardless of the instrument or key used to play it. Pitch processing in general is assumed to occur at the level of the auditory cortex. However, it is unknown whether early auditory regions are able to encode pitch sequences integrated over time (i.e., melodies) and whether the resulting representations are invariant to specific keys. Here, we presented participants different melodies composed of the same 4 harmonic pitches during functional magnetic resonance imaging recordings. Additionally, we played the same melodies transposed in different keys and on different instruments. We found that melodies were invariantly represented by their blood oxygen level–dependent activation patterns in primary and secondary auditory cortices across instruments, and also across keys. Our findings extend common hierarchical models of auditory processing by showing that melodies are encoded independent of absolute pitch and based on their relative pitch profile as early as the primary auditory cortex.

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 Dates: 2012-092013-12
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs289
BibTex Citekey: SchindlerHB2012
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Title: Cerebral Cortex
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 23 (12) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 2987 - 2993 Identifier: -