Neurosci Lett. 1984 Sep 7;50(1-3):127-32

Responses of the primary auditory cortex to pitch changes in a sequence of tone pips: neuromagnetic recordings in man

Hari R, Hämäläinen M, Ilmoniemi R, Kaukoranta E, Reinikainen K, Salminen J, Alho K, Näätänen R, Sams M.

Abstract

Auditory evoked magnetic fields of the human brain were recorded with a four-channel 1st order gradiometer. Pitch deviance in a sequence of repetitive tone pips elicited magnetic evoked-response changes with a topography suggesting that a neuronal mismatch process to the deviant tones activates the primary auditory cortex.

PMID: 6493619