# brain: humans could be uniquely sensitive to pitch

<< our brains may be uniquely sensitive to pitch, the harmonic sounds we hear when listening to speech or music. >>

<< The results raise the possibility that these sounds, which are embedded in speech and music, may have shaped the basic organization of the human brain. >> Bevil Conway

Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch. National Institutes of Health. Jun 10, 2019.

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-brains-uniquely-tuned-musical-pitch.html

Sam V. Norman-Haignere, Nancy Kanwisher, et al. Divergence in the functional organization of human and macaque auditory cortex revealed by fMRI responses to harmonic tones.
Nature Neuroscience. Jun 10, 2019

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-019-0410-7