Structural and functional asymmetry of lateral heschl's gyrus reflects pitch perception preference

ABSTRACT The relative pitch of harmonic complex sounds, such as instrumental sounds, may be perceived by decoding either the fundamental pitch (_f_0) or the spectral pitch (_f_SP) of the

stimuli. We classified a large cohort of 420 subjects including symphony orchestra musicians to be either _f_0 or _f_SP listeners, depending on the dominant perceptual mode. In a subgroup of

87 subjects, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and magnetoencephalography studies demonstrated a strong neural basis for both types of pitch perception irrespective of musical aptitude.

Compared with _f_0 listeners, _f_SP listeners possessed a pronounced rightward, rather than leftward, asymmetry of gray matter volume and P50m activity within the pitch-sensitive lateral

Heschl's gyrus. Our data link relative hemispheric lateralization with perceptual stimulus properties, whereas the absolute size of the Heschl's gyrus depends on musical aptitude.

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support SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS METER ENHANCES THE SUBCORTICAL PROCESSING OF SPEECH SOUNDS AT A STRONG BEAT Article Open access 29 September 2020 AUDIOVISUAL STRUCTURAL

CONNECTIVITY IN MUSICIANS AND NON-MUSICIANS: A CORTICAL THICKNESS AND DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING STUDY Article Open access 22 February 2021 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN FREQUENCY-FOLLOWING

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Department of Neurology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, Heidelberg, D-69120, Germany Peter Schneider, Michael Scherg, Christoph Stippich & André Rupp * Division of Medical

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