Is there pre-attentive memory-based comparison of pitch?
Publication date
2001-07
Document type
Forschungsartikel
Author
Schröger, Erich
Organisational unit
Institut für Allgemeine Psychologie, Universität Leipzig
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series or journal
Psychophysiology
ISSN
Periodical volume
38
Periodical issue
4
First page
723
Last page
727
Peer-reviewed
✅
Part of the university bibliography
Nein
Language
English
Abstract
The brain's responsiveness to changes in sound frequency has been demonstrated by an overwhelming number of studies. Change detection occurs unintentionally and automatically. It is generally assumed that this brain response, the so-called mismatch negativity (MMN) of the event-related brain potential or evoked magnetic field, is based on the outcome of a memory-comparison mechanism rather than being due to a differential state of refractoriness of tonotopically organized cortical neurons. To the authors' knowledge, however, there is no entirely compelling evidence for this belief. An experimental protocol controlling for refractoriness effects was developed and a true memory-comparison-based brain response to pitch change was demonstrated.
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Jacobsen, T., & Schröger, E. (2001). Is there pre-attentive memory-based comparison of pitch? Psychophysiology, 38(4), 723-727.
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