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Published online 24 August 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050822-4
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Brain cells tune in to music
Neurons respond selectively to distinct pitches.
The discovery of a group of pitch-sensitive cells in the brain has sent reverberations through the field of music perception. Researchers think that studying these neurons will reveal how our minds grasp songs and speech.
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