Question

​Place theory fails to fully explain how humans perceive pitch because it fails to explain ________.

Answer 1

Place theory is a theory of sound, According to this theory the perception of pitch results from the ability of sounds of different frequency to stimulate different points on the basilar membrane.

But this theory fails to fully explain how human perceive pitch because it fails to explanin our ability to decriminates between two tones of siilar requency. further temporal coding of temporal fine structure is important for understanding speech in complex fluctuating backgrounds.