Re: [AUDITORY] Scream spectrum

Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Scream spectrum

From: "R. Zatorre, Dr." <robert.zatorre@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 13:38:51 +0000

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Yes, that is a really elegant and important study. Some of you might be interested in the accompanying commentary to that paper that Pascal Belin and I wrote:

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)00830-1

Neurobiology: Sounding the Alarm: Current Biology

www.cell.com

Acoustical analysis has revealed a peculiar pattern of energy distribution in human screams; behavioral and neuroimaging data suggest that this pattern is associated ...

Robert Zatorre
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McGill University
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Subject: Re: Scream spectrum

Could that study by Arnal et al be the on you are looking for?

https://scholar.google.fr/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=tK4nyVwAAAAJ&citation_for_view=tK4nyVwAAAAJ:ufrVoPGSRksC

On 6 Feb 2017, at 21:56, Huron, David <huron.1@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear collective wisdom,

I recall reading somewhere (long ago) that most human screams exhibit a spectral peak in the 3 kHz region (more broadly, 2-5 kHz) coinciding with the threshold dip due to the ear canal resonance. The implication is that screams are co-adapted to the most sensitive region of human hearing.

Can anyone point me to a suitable reference? Even literature reporting power spectrum data for human screams would be useful.

David Huron