Frequency discrimination as a function of frequency and sensation level

Wier, Craig C.; Jesteadt, Walt; Green, David M.

doi:10.1121/1.381251

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“…The frequency discrimination thresholds for a fre- quency of 1,000 Hz obtained in prior studies were about 2 Hz [19], and our data generally agree with the results of those studies.…”

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The basic hearing abilities of absolute pitch possessors.

Fujisaki

Kashino

2002

Acoust. Sci. & Tech.

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Generally, people tend to think that absolute pitch possessors or musical experts are superior in all of their auditory and musical abilities. However, not much data has been shown to prove whether any differences exist in the basic hearing abilities of absolute pitch possessors or musical experts for general sounds outside the context of music. In this study, we conducted four experiments to investigate if absolute pitch possessors or music experts are superior in their basic hearing abilities with respect to frequency resolution, temporal resolution, and spatial resolution. In Experiments 1 and 2, we measured frequency discrimination thresholds and thresholds to detect a tone in notched noise to examine the characteristics of frequency resolution. In Experiment 3, we conducted a gap detection task to measure the temporal resolution. Finally, in Experiment 4, we measured interaural time difference discrimination thresholds to examine the spatial resolution abilities. The overall results show that there were no significant differences in frequency, temporal and spatial resolutions among groups with different absolute pitch capability. This indicates that absolute-pitch possessors do not have particularly 'good ears' in terms of resolution.

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“…The frequency discrimination thresholds for a fre- quency of 1,000 Hz obtained in prior studies were about 2 Hz [19], and our data generally agree with the results of those studies.…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 83%

The basic hearing abilities of absolute pitch possessors.

Fujisaki

Kashino

2002

Acoust. Sci. & Tech.

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“…The auditory thresholds were slightly lower than those determined with a similar method in Old World monkeys, using a 2-kHz standard (Sinnott, Owren, & Petersen, 1987) or a I-kHz standard (Sinnott, Petersen, & Hopp, 1985). They were also in agreement with those derived in human infants, but they were higher than those derived in human adults (Sinnott & Aslin, 1985;Wier, Jesteadt, & Green, 1977). This procedure has advantages over a multiple-alternative forced choice in that the chance performance is low, yet the subject is not required to remember the sequence of stimulus frequencies or multiple response requirements.…”

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A behavioral frequency discrimination paradigm for use in adult primates

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Jenkins

Hradek

et al. 1991

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers

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“…Most previously reported thresholds of frequency discrimination with standards of 125 to 250 Hz (frequencies close to our measured target of 150 Hz) are clustered around 1 Hz (e.g., Harris, 1952;Moore, 1973;Wier, Jesteadt, & Green, 1977). Our average threshold values for the Mandarin and English listeners were 2.6 Hz and 3.5 Hz, respectively, for the pure-tone stimuli and 2.5 Hz and 3.6 Hz, respectively, for the pulse-train stimuli.…”

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The influence of linguistic experience on the cognitive processing of pitch in speech and nonspeech sounds.

Bent¹,

Bradlow²,

Wright³

2006

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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In the present experiment, the authors tested Mandarin and English listeners on a range of auditory tasks to investigate whether long-term linguistic experience influences the cognitive processing of nonspeech sounds. As expected, Mandarin listeners identified Mandarin tones significantly more accurately than English listeners; however, performance did not differ across the listener groups on a pitch discrimination task requiring fine-grained discrimination of simple nonspeech sounds. The crucial finding was that cross-language differences emerged on a nonspeech pitch contour identification task: The Mandarin listeners more often misidentified flat and falling pitch contours than the English listeners in a manner that could be related to specific features of the sound structure of Mandarin, which suggests that the effect of linguistic experience extends to nonspeech processing under certain stimulus and task conditions.

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Frequency discrimination as a function of frequency and sensation level

Cited by 359 publications

References 12 publications

The basic hearing abilities of absolute pitch possessors.

The basic hearing abilities of absolute pitch possessors.

A behavioral frequency discrimination paradigm for use in adult primates

The influence of linguistic experience on the cognitive processing of pitch in speech and nonspeech sounds.

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