How Do We Hear Time Within Sound? (IMAGE)

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How Do We Hear Time Within Sound?

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Auditory cortex uses neural excitation and inhibition to encode temporal patterns in a sound, like the rhythm produced from a melody.

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Daniel Bendor

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