Subject: Re: memory / timbre From: Patrick Susini <Patrick.Susini@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:08:11 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Le 22 déc. 07 à 18:55, Clemens Kuhn a écrit : > Hi all, > > I'm interested in experimental results about memory and timbre > perception. > > Can anyone direct me to publications concerning the ability of > subjects to remember certain sounds, especially the timbre? > > I will appreciate any kind of help! > > Best regards, > > Clemens > Here are some papers on memory and nonverbal sounds: Chiu, C.-Y. P., and Schacter, D. L. (1995). "Auditory Priming for Nonverbal Information: Implicit and Explicit Memory for Environmental Sounds," Consciousness and Cognition 4, 440-458. Gelder, B. d., and Vroomen, J. (1997). "Modality effects in immediate recall of verbal and non-verbal information," European Journal of Cognitive Psychology 9, 97-110. Rowe, E. J., and Rowe, W. G. (1976). "Stimulus suffix effects with speech an nonspeech sounds," Memory & Cognition 4, 128-131. Semal, C., and Demany, L. (1991). "Dissociation of pitch from timbre in auditory short-term memory," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 89, 2404-2410. Semal, C., Demany, L., and Ueda, K. (1996). "Speech versus nonspeech in pitch memory," Journal of Acoustical Society of America 100, 1132-1140. Best Regards Patrick Susini ------------------ Equipe Perception et Design Sonores / Sound Perception and Design Team Ircam-CNRS-STMS - 1, place Igor Stravinsky - 75004 Paris - FRANCE tel : (+33 1) 44.78.16.09 fax : (+33 1) 44.78.15.40