The Processing of Temporal Pitch and Melody Information in Auditory Cortex

@article{Patterson2002ThePO,
  title={The Processing of Temporal Pitch and Melody Information in Auditory Cortex},
  author={Roy D. Patterson and Stefan Uppenkamp and Ingrid S. Johnsrude and Timothy D. Griffiths},
  journal={Neuron},
  year={2002},
  volume={36},
  pages={767-776}
}
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