Pitch
The bottom line
Scales of pitch
mel scale
Pitch has two qualities
musical scales
2AFC Frequency Discrimination
Terms for frequency discrimination threshold
Frequency discrimination
Pure-tone frequency discrimination
WeberÕs Law and Frequency Discrimination
Why does it get worse at high frequencies?
Representation of time waveform of a tone
Effects of tone duration
Duration and the place code
Prediction
Effects of duration of pure-tone frequency discrimination
These and other findings suggest that a temporal code (phase-locking) is used to code low frequency tones, but that the place code is used to code high frequency tones
Well, tones are fine, but..
The pitch of a harmonic complex
In fact, if you present the harmonics alone, you still hear the pitch of the fundamental
Possible explanations for virtual pitch
Possible explanations for virtual pitch
Two classes of theories of complex pitch
Template theories
Temporal theories
Resolved v. unresolved harmonics
Resolved v. unresolved harmonics
Template v. temporal theories:
Evidence
Evidence that argues that temporal coding must play a role
Is pitch peripheral?
Conclusions
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