Kalman Rubinson <kr4 at nyu.edu> wrote in message news:<1uj3lt0enbh0o7nljsdiegi1t2upgido3b at 4ax.com>...
> On 14 Jul 2001 17:38:13 -0700, tarantism99 at yahoo.com (gg) wrote:
>> >Hello everyone,
> >
> >I am interested in any research pertaining to the localization of
> >pitch in the human brain. Specifically, I am looking for any studies
> >relating localized neural activity to the perception of musical notes,
> >or even better, to imagined/internalized musical notes. I understand
> >that Broca's and Brodmann's areas have been implicated in musical
> >perception,
>> Broca's area is more likely related to the generation of speech than
> it is to pitch perception. There is no Brodmann's area, per se, but
> the numbered Brodmann's areas are all the various regions of the
> cortex.
>
I had read somewhere that Brodmann's areas 18 & 19 were related to
musical cognition, as they were responsible for higher level creative
processes. I would also think that speech and musical perception
would be closely related, no?
> >but I have been unable to find any good online resources.
> >Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>> Try a basic Neuroscience textbook.
>> Kal
> >
Well, I'm really hoping to find something online, since I really don't
have the money for a text book...
