The perception of music depends on many culture-specific factors, but is also constrained by
properties of the auditory system. This has been best characterized for those aspects of …

The relationship between psychology and music is characteristic of that between a new
science and an established discipline. Western music theory has a very old tradition, dating …

An illusion is explored in which a spoken phrase is perceptually transformed to sound like
song rather than speech, simply by repeating it several times over. In experiment I, subjects …

How and which aspects of neural activity give rise to subjective perceptual experience—ie
conscious perception—is a fundamental question of neuroscience. To date, the vast majority …

Hearing in noise is a core problem in audition, and a challenge for hearing-impaired
listeners, yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We explored whether …

Perceptual systems have finite memory resources and must store incoming signals in
compressed formats. To explore whether representations of a sound's pitch might derive …

Pitch intervals are central to most musical systems, which utilize pitch at the expense of other
acoustic dimensions. It seemed plausible that pitch might uniquely permit precise perception …

This paper reviews methods that have been used to estimate the resolvability of individual
partials in harmonic and inharmonic complex tones and considers the implications of the …

This chapter discusses the perception of musical tones and sets the stage for the remaining
chapters in the volume. Although the perception of musical tones should be considered …

Changes in the frequency content of sounds over time are arguably the most basic form of
information about the behavior of sound-emitting objects. In perceptual studies, such …