The role of temporal factors in pitch perception

Professor Ciocca, Valter   (Principal Investigator)

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1994-09-15

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The role of temporal factors in pitch perception

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HKU 362/94M

General Research Fund (GRF)

1994

Completed

To investigate the role of temporal factors on pitch perception by asking the following questions: 1) how long is the time span (""pitch integration period"") over which nonsimultaneous partials can contribute to a single pitch?; ii) does the contribution of a nonsimultaneous partial to the pitch of a (target) complex sound depend on whether the partial follows or precedes the target sound?; iii) is the pitch of the target sound affected by a nonsimultaneous partial which starts and stops at the same time as a second complex sound? These questions have not been extensively investigated before, and have implications for the perception of the pitch of complex sounds in natural listening situations.