Sounds missing many harmonics still evoke a weak pitch sensation

Evidence

However, Houtsma and Smurzynski noted that performance on their melodic interval identification task was never at the level of guessing, even when about 20 harmonics were removed from the stimulus! Thus, these sounds must evoke a pitch, albeit a weak one. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1295

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the place vs. temporal code debate in pitch perception — relevant to models of hearing for the reader’s research. — connects to: The kettledrum outputs a missing-harmonic series yet still conveys a clear pitch — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 1306