Re: AW: the number of fixed categories in absolute pitch (Andrew Milne )

Subject: Re: AW: the number of fixed categories in absolute pitch
From:    Andrew Milne  <andymilne(at)DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
Date:    Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:22:19 +0100

Ok, that is interesting but I was refering to the use of the term "3 bits"
rather than to dimensionality.

Andy Milne


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From: "Annemarie Seither-Preisler" <preisler(at)UNI-MUENSTER.DE>
To: <AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 11:04 AM
Subject: AW: the number of fixed categories in absolute pitch


There is recent evidence from neuro-imaging that the processing of pitch
information in the human brain is indeed two-dimensional.

Please read:

Warren, J. D., Uppenkamp, S., Patterson, R. D., Griffiths, T. D. (2003).
Analyzing pitch chroma and pitch height in the human brain. Ann. N. Y.
Acad. Sci., Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 999, 212-14.

Warren, J. D., Uppenkamp, S., Patterson, R. D., Griffiths, T. D. (2003).
Separating pitch chroma and pitch height in the human brain. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA, 100(17), 10038-42

Annemarie


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[mailto:AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA] Im Auftrag von Andrew Milne
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Betreff: Re: the number of fixed categories in absolute pitch

So are we to understand, from "NAP subjects can 'transmit' about 3 bits
on a
single frequency dimention, while AP subjects can transmit about 3 bits
on
each of two dimensions: Pitch height and Chroma" that the brain is a
binary
system?

Andy Milne