The missing fundamental in vowel height perception

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 725-733

  Fahey, Richard P ^a   Diehl, Randy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; BASILAR MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030192072     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03213105     Document Type: Article

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