Spectral ripple tasks can confound loudness and edge-frequency cues

Evidence

Spectral-Temporally Modulated Ripple Task (SMRT) The SMRT was used to assess spectral resolution. The SMRT test was chosen over other spectral ripple tasks, because it avoided potential confounds such as loudness and edge-frequency cues whilst still being sensitive to spectral resolution (Aronoff and Landsberger 2013 ). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2092

Categorization

• QUESTION: What are edge-frequency cues and how do they contaminate spectral resolution measures? Worth pursuing a definition.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2092
• XREF: connects to: Audible effects of reflections require spectral comparison across time-domain spikes; Spectral ripple thresholds are measured with a forced-choice flat-versus-modulated comparison — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2095