The Role of Pitch Memory in Pitch Discrimination and Pitch Matching

Journal of Voice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 560-567

  Moore, Robert E ^a   Keaton, Casie ^a   Watts, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundamental frequency control; Pitch discrimination; Pitch matching; Pitch memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MEMORY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548130692     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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