Subject: Af0 frequency difference limen From: Richard Parncutt <richard.parncutt@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:27:29 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C97AFA.76131BF9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear colleagues =20 I reviewed the literature on DLs for musical tones in the following = paper which can be downloaded from my homepage: =20 Parncutt, R., & Cohen, A. J. (1995). Identification of microtonal = melodies: Effects of scale-step size, serial order, and training. = Perception & Psychophysics, 57, 835-846. =20 Well that was some time ago, but I guess one conclusion has not changed: = Any estimate of such DLs is pretty approximate because of the big = learning effects and individual differences. At the risk of being = pedantic I guess I should also say that it is important to specify the = exact context in which a DL is measured, e.g. successive versus = simultaneous, duration of tones and gaps, repetitions, frequency range, = information load on the experimental participant. =20 Yours Richard Parncutt Uni Graz ------_=_NextPart_001_01C97AFA.76131BF9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML dir=3Dltr><HEAD><TITLE>AUDITORY Digest - 14 Jan 2009 to 15 Jan = 2009 - Special issue (#2009-17)</TITLE>=0A= <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dunicode">=0A= <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3492" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD>=0A= <BODY>=0A= <DIV id=3DidOWAReplyText80714 dir=3Dltr>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000>Dear = colleagues</FONT></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000>I reviewed the = literature on DLs for musical tones in the following paper which can be = downloaded from my homepage:</FONT></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000>Parncutt, R., & = Cohen, A. J. (1995). Identification of microtonal melodies: Effects of = scale-step size, serial order, and training. <I>Perception & = Psychophysics, 57</I>, 835-846.</FONT></DIV></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial>Well that was some time ago, but I = guess one conclusion has not changed: Any estimate of such DLs is pretty = approximate because of the big learning effects and individual = differences. At the risk of being pedantic I guess I should also say = that it is important to specify the exact context in which a DL is = measured, e.g. successive versus simultaneous, duration of tones = and gaps, repetitions, frequency range, information load on the = experimental participant.</FONT></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial>Yours</FONT></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial>Richard Parncutt</FONT></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial>Uni Graz</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C97AFA.76131BF9--