Hearing waveform beats proves the ear detects time-domain shape

Evidence

Representing signals in the frequency domain, as decompositions into their frequency components, is important not only as a powerful signal processing technique but also because it resembles the way the human ear analyses signals. Audio signals that we are able to hear as sounds are thus often analysed by means of frequency transforms in order to find their audible features and cues. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 377 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Two distinct models have been proposed to explain the perception of pitch: the place model and the temporal model. These two codes likely work in concert to produce the perception of pitch. For pure tones, the temporal model is likely the strongest for lowfrequency sounds and the place model for high-frequency sounds. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1338 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Frequency-domain analysis mirrors how the human ear processes sound — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 377; The ear switches from place to temporal pitch coding when harmonics stop being resolved; Pitch may be jointly coded by temporal patterns and their cochlear location — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1338 (+2 more)

Related

• Hearing analyzes pitch through both place and timing mechanisms (similarity 0.93)
• Pitch may be jointly coded by temporal patterns and their cochlear location (similarity 0.90)
• The ear switches from place to temporal pitch coding when harmonics stop being resolved (similarity 0.89)
• Only two classical theories, place and temporal, explain pitch tracking. (similarity 0.87)
• Frequency-domain analysis mirrors how the human ear processes sound (similarity 0.87)
• Pitch perception is explained by two competing physiological models of the inner ear (similarity 0.85)
• Hearing waveform beats disproves strict place theory of perception (similarity 0.85)
• Two competing theories explain how the ear tracks pitch (similarity 0.85)
• Place theory claims pitch is encoded by basilar membrane position (similarity 0.84)
• The temporal code mainly handles pitch at low frequencies where pitch is strong (similarity 0.84)
• Dominant pitch models derive pitch from auditory nerve spike timing. (similarity 0.84)
• The central debate in pitch perception is whether humans are essentially walking Fourier analyzers (similarity 0.83)
• Resolved harmonics use place pitch coding while unresolved harmonics use temporal coding (similarity 0.83)
• Temporal and place theories explain pitch by different neural and mechanical mechanisms. (similarity 0.83)
• The ear’s time-frequency resolution cannot be modeled by fixed-length frames (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Frequency-domain analysis mirrors how the human ear processes sound #contradicts (0.85) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 377
• Hearing analyzes pitch through both place and timing mechanisms #corroborates (0.85)
• Pitch may be jointly coded by temporal patterns and their cochlear location #corroborates (0.80) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1338
• The ear switches from place to temporal pitch coding when harmonics stop being resolved #qualifies (0.75)