source file: m1463.txt
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:42:59 +0000

Subject: Re: basilar membrane

From: Gary Morrison <mr88cet@texas.net>

> >That's the ol' Helmholzian "place" theory.  There have been more
> >recent studies that suggest that lower frequencies are perceived very
> >differently from higher ones.
> Are you holding back on me?

   Yes indeedie.  I don't claim to be enough of an authority on the
topic to address it in any more detail than that.