The nervous system can synthesize tones from temporal periodicity alone

Evidence

Timing theory supposes that phantom tone generation lies further up the neural chain: the nervous system can create, either deliberately or as a side effect of its algorithms, the sensation of tones that reveal repetitious events in the sound, present even if the corresponding partials of the same period are absent. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2286

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines timing theory of pitch in one compact sentence.