Pitch may be encoded by entrained phase-locking producing a rate code

Evidence

Here, simple properties of the early central auditory system are brought into focus and it is argued that the relevant representation is fundamentally different from autocorrelation-type schemes à la Licklider ( 1951 ). The key proposal is that entrained phase-locking (contracted to “entracking”) generates a scalar rate code for pitch early in the brainstem. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4495

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the term ‘entracking’ as contracted from entrained phase-locking.