Question

Bendor and Wang (2005), when presenting a complex tone with a 182 Hz fundamental frequency to a marmoset, found a neuron that responded to a 182-Hz tone when presented alone but not when any of the harmonics were presented alone. The neuron that responded just to 182-Hz tone is an example of a(n) ____ neuron.

Answer 1

The correct answer is Pitch neuron.

Step-by-step explanation:

Pitch neurons or pitch-selective neurnos are the ones responsible for pitch perception which is key for segregating and identifying auditory objects mostly efective in the context of music and speech by assimilating a frecuency, so in Bendor and Wang's case the neuron that responded to a specific frecuency is an example of the pitch neuron due to it's capacity to respond to a 182 Hz tone.