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Science 8 March 1985:
Vol. 227. no. 4691, pp. 1245 - 1247
DOI: 10.1126/science.3975613
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Science, Vol 227, Issue 4691, 1245-1247
Copyright © 1985 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Auditory midbrain responses parallel spectral integration phenomena

G Ehret and MM Merzenich

Resolving the frequency components of complex sound spectra including speech is an inherent, important accomplishment of the auditory nervous systems of vertebrates. The critical perceptual unit in the frequency domain, the critical bandwidth, has a simple functional equivalent within the principal midbrain auditory nucleus--the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus.


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