Resolved spectral components, not just phase-locking, may drive temporal fine structure tasks.

Evidence

A candidate for such a factor is frequency selectivity. It has been argued that (intermediately) resolved frequency components of the SSMC could contribute to the performance of the TIME task (Micheyl et al. 2010 ). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1026

Categorization

• QUESTION: This is a contested point in the literature — whether temporal fine structure tasks are actually ‘pure’ or contaminated by spectral cues.