ABSTRACT
This statement does not mean there is a simple, one-way reductionism from psychological phenomena to the peripheral physiological phenomena. There are, in fact, a number of relatively simple, but striking, behavioral results that have not been explained in terms of what we know about the auditory nerves. Some are discussed and demonstrated later. Complex matters of music perception-for example, one's ability to single out individual instruments-and of speech perception are far beyond any physiological explanation at this time. To a degree, the behavioral results establish a challenge to neural scientists, telling them what to look for in the brain.
