biological evolution of pitch (Martin Braun )


Subject: biological evolution of pitch
From:    Martin Braun  <nombraun(at)TELIA.COM>
Date:    Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:34:41 +0100

Eckard Blumschein wrote: > Pitch > isn't already the whole hearing, and evolution didn't follow the need for > good musicians. I guess, survival of an animal rather depends on > localization. The pitch mechanism that is at work in our heads is much older than our species. Günter Ehret even found it in the mouse: http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57011259/Ehret.htm One biological function of f0 pitch is in fact the support of sound localization. If two or more harmonics of a complex sound (vocalization) can be unified into one percept, pitch, they must come from one direction and from one sound source. Martin ------------------------------------------- Martin Braun Neuroscience of Music S-671 95 Klassbol Sweden e-mail: nombraun(at)telia.com web site: http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57011259/index.htm


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