Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Across-frequency pitch discrimination interference between complex tones containing resolved harmonics.

Christophe Micheyl1, Andrew J Oxenham

  • 1Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. cmicheyl@umn.edu

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|April 6, 2007
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Detecting continuous and discrete frequency changes as a function of spectral resolvability and modulation rate.

JASA express letters·2026
Same author

Author Correction: The role of harmonicity on listeners' ability to hear out voices in polyphonic music.

Scientific reports·2026
Same author

Music Ensemble: a large dataset on musicianship, cognition, and personality in musicians and nonmusicians.

Scientific data·2026
Same author

Correction: The auditory nerve implant-concept and device description of a novel electrical auditory prosthesis.

Bioelectronic medicine·2025
Same author

Mechanisms of auditory enhancement in younger and older adults.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2025
Same author

Categorization of and Adaptation to Human Voice and Musical Instruments: A Passive Listening EEG Study.

Journal of cognitive neuroscience·2025
Same journal

Segmental vs phrase-level creak in Polish: An acoustic analysis.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
Same journal

Interaction of near-wall bubble arrays with acoustic waves induced by an oscillating rigid wall.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
Same journal

Ultra-broadband underwater acoustic projector based on transverse resonance orthogonal beam (TROB) mode and acoustic matching layer technique.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
Same journal

Fine-scale quantitative analysis of bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) song shows varying stability of song types.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
Same journal

High-resolution depth estimation for multiple wideband sources in deep sea via sparse Bayesian learninga).

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
Same journal

Depression markers in speech: An approach based on tract variables dynamics.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
See all related articles

Pitch discrimination interference (PDI) occurs even with resolved harmonics and when the target is in a lower spectral region than the interferer. This suggests PDI is a more general auditory phenomenon than previously understood.

Area of Science:

  • Auditory Neuroscience
  • Psychoacoustics
  • Human Perception

Background:

  • Pitch discrimination interference (PDI) impairs fundamental frequency (F0) discrimination.
  • Previous PDI studies focused on targets with unresolved harmonics in higher spectral regions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate PDI with resolved harmonics in the target.
  • To examine PDI when the target is spectrally lower than the interferer.
  • To determine the generalizability of PDI.

Main Methods:

  • Presented simultaneous harmonic complexes (target and interferer).
  • Varied spectral regions of target and interferer.
  • Included targets with resolved harmonics.
  • Used pitch matching to assess salience.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • PDI occurred with resolved harmonics in the target.
  • PDI was observed when the target was spectrally lower than the interferer.
  • Pitch salience differences did not fully explain PDI.
  • Significant PDI occurred with small F0 separations (7-10%).

Conclusions:

  • PDI is not limited to targets with unresolved harmonics.
  • PDI is more general than previously assumed.
  • Auditory pitch processing is susceptible to interference across spectral regions.