The Doppler Illusion: The Influence of Dynamic Intensity Change on Perceived Pitch

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 970-985

  Neuhoff, John G ^a,b   McBeath, Michael K ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION;

ADULT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DOPPLER EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 0030210652     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.4.970     Document Type: Article

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