Further evidence that fundamental-frequency difference limens measure pitch discrimination

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3989-4001

  Micheyl, Christophe ^a   Ryan, Claire M ^a   Oxenham, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINATORS;

AUTOCORRELOGRAMS; DIFFERENCE LIMEN; DISCRIMINABILITY; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; NON-MONOTONIC DEPENDENCE; ODD HARMONICS; PITCH PERCEPTION;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863808534     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3699253     Document Type: Article

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