Pitch of Zwicker tones is less precisely encoded than pure tones
Evidence
Musical interval adjustments for the ZTs were somewhat more variable than for the matched PTs; the ratio of the SDs was between 1.1 and 2.2. Four univariate analyses of variance conducted separately on the data for each subject (using the SD of the logarithms of the individual adjusted frequencies within a given LEF or reference frequency as input data) showed that for three of the subjects the SDs were significantly larger for the ZT than for the PT conditions (with p < 0.01 for subjects 1 and 2, and p < 0.05 for subject 3). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5408
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
Related
- Zwicker tones matched in intervals nearly as reliably as pure tones. (similarity 0.90)
- Zwicker-tone pitch matches are more variable than pure-tone matches (similarity 0.90)
- Zwicker tone interval matches are as reliable as those for high-frequency pure tones (similarity 0.88)
- Zwicker-tone interval adjustments are as accurate as pure-tone adjustments (similarity 0.87)
- Zwicker tones support accurate musical interval matching like pure tones (similarity 0.87)
- Zwicker tones produce no correlate in cochlear mechanical activity (similarity 0.86)
- Zwicker tone interval settings are slightly more variable than pure-tone matches. (similarity 0.86)
- A weak musical pitch can exist without peripheral phase locking. (similarity 0.85)
- Musically trained listeners judge ZT musical intervals accurately despite missing phase locking. (similarity 0.85)
- Weak musical pitch perception can persist without peripheral phase locking. (similarity 0.84)
- Zwicker tones produce pitch without peripheral phase locking. (similarity 0.83)
- Zwicker tone pitch sits about 10-20 percent above the notch’s lower edge frequency (similarity 0.83)
- Matching Zwicker tones required no extra listening trials than pure tones. (similarity 0.83)
- Zwicker tones have no cochlear mechanical or otoacoustic correlate. (similarity 0.82)
- Higher-frequency gaps need narrower spectral widths to trigger Zwicker tones (similarity 0.82)
Broader Connections
- Place coding of fundamental pitch fails at high frequencies when harmonics smear together
#corroborates(0.80) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1207