%0 Journal Article %A Sam V Norman-Haignere %A Jenelle Feather %A Peter Brunner %A Anthony Ritaccio %A Josh H McDermott %A Gerwin Schalk %A Nancy Kanwisher %T Intracranial recordings from human auditory cortex reveal a neural population selective for musical song %D 2019 %R 10.1101/696161 %J bioRxiv %P 696161 %X What is the neural basis of the human capacity for music? Neuroimaging has suggested some segregation between responses to music and other sounds, like speech. But it remains unclear whether finer-grained neural organization exists within the domain of music. Here, using intracranial recordings from the surface of the human brain, we demonstrate a selective response to music with vocals, distinct from responses to speech and to music more generally. Song selectivity was evident using both data-driven component modeling and single-electrode analyses, and could not be explained by standard acoustic features. These results suggest that music is represented by multiple neural populations selective for different aspects of music, at least one of which is specialized for the analysis of song. %U https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/07/09/696161.full.pdf