Rate discrimination of high-pass-filtered pulse trains. 1986

J K Cullen, and G R Long

Difference limens for trains of 30-microseconds pulses were determined for repetition rates of 50, 100, 200, 400, and 800 pulses per second under conditions of no filtering and high-pass filtering (115 dB/oct) with corner frequencies of 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, and 10 kHz. Low-pass-filtered noise was mixed with the trains of impulses to preclude discrimination on the basis of potential low-frequency signal components. Measures were obtained from four trained listeners at a signal level of 30 dB SL relative to individually determined thresholds for each filter condition and repetition rate. The data support the hypothesis that resolution of pulse-train repetition rate involves both temporal- and frequency-based processes--the latter becoming ineffective when frequency resolution of the ear is insufficient to resolve separate harmonics of the signal. Inter- and intra-individual differences are interpreted as reflecting frequency resolution capacity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010897 Pitch Discrimination The ability to differentiate sound frequency or pitch. Discrimination, Pitch,Pitch Discriminations
D010898 Pitch Perception A dimension of auditory sensation varying with cycles per second of the sound stimulus. Perception, Pitch,Perceptions, Pitch,Pitch Perceptions
D011571 Psychoacoustics The science pertaining to the interrelationship of psychologic phenomena and the individual's response to the physical properties of sound. Psychoacoustic
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001309 Auditory Threshold The audibility limit of discriminating sound intensity and pitch. Auditory Thresholds,Threshold, Auditory,Thresholds, Auditory
D013998 Time Perception The ability to estimate periods of time lapsed or duration of time. Temporal Perception,Temporal Processing,Time Processing,Perception, Temporal,Perception, Time,Processing, Temporal,Processing, Time

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