Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Scream spectrum From: "R. Zatorre, Dr." <robert.zatorre@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 13:38:51 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--_000_CY1PR0301MB1195ACEB99E751DE75D5A2F981430CY1PR0301MB1195_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes, that is a really elegant and important study. Some of you might be int= erested 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<http://www.cell.com/curre= nt-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)00830-1> www.cell.com Acoustical analysis has revealed a peculiar pattern of energy distribution = in human screams; behavioral and neuroimaging data suggest that this patter= n is associated ... Robert Zatorre Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University 514-398-8903 fax: 514-398-1338 www.zlab.mcgill.ca ________________________________ From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx>= on behalf of Victor Benichoux <benichoux@xxxxxxxx> Sent: February 7, 2017 1:35 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx 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=3Dview_citation&hl=3Den&user=3D= tK4nyVwAAAAJ&citation_for_view=3DtK4nyVwAAAAJ:ufrVoPGSRksC On 6 Feb 2017, at 21:56, Huron, David <huron.1@xxxxxxxx<mailto:huron.1@xxxxxxxx= DU>> wrote: Dear collective wisdom, I recall reading somewhere (long ago) that most human screams exhibit a spe= ctral 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 scre= ams are co-adapted to the most sensitive region of human hearing. Can anyone point me to a suitable reference? Even literature reporting pow= er spectrum data for human screams would be useful. David Huron --_000_CY1PR0301MB1195ACEB99E751DE75D5A2F981430CY1PR0301MB1195_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margi= n-bottom:0;} --></style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:14pt;color:#000000;font= -family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir=3D"ltr"> <p>Yes, that is a really elegant and important study. Some of you= might be interested in the accompanying commentary to that paper that Pasc= al Belin and I wrote:</p> <p><br> </p> <p><a href=3D"http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)00= 830-1" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" id=3D"LPlnk61552">http://www.cell.com/current-= biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)00830-1</a></p> <div id=3D"LPBorder_GT_14864747050560.8384846939401063" style=3D"margin-bot= tom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;"> <table id=3D"LPContainer_14864747050510.9606291115093937" cellspacing=3D"0"= style=3D"width: 90%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relat= ive; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 2= 0px; border-top: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom: 1px dotted r= gb(200, 200, 200);"> <tbody> <tr valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-spacing: 0px;"> <td id=3D"TextCell_14864747050530.4755136458379987" colspan=3D"2" style=3D"= vertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;= "> <div id=3D"LPRemovePreviewContainer_14864747050540.4997683769962702"></div> <div id=3D"LPTitle_14864747050540.6323370204287602" style=3D"top: 0px; colo= r: rgb(26, 25, 25); font-weight: normal; font-size: 21px; font-family: wf_s= egoe-ui_light, "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", &quo= t;Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-hei= ght: 21px;"> <a id=3D"LPUrlAnchor_14864747050540.0792098884726744" href=3D"http://www.ce= ll.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)00830-1" target=3D"_blank" st= yle=3D"text-decoration: none;">Neurobiology: Sounding the Alarm: Current Bi= ology</a></div> <div id=3D"LPMetadata_14864747050540.7688999594635857" style=3D"margin: 10p= x 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family: wf= _segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial= , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> www.cell.com</div> <div id=3D"LPDescription_14864747050550.07255320745987737" style=3D"display= : block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family: wf_se= goe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, s= ans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow:= hidden;"> Acoustical analysis has revealed a peculiar pattern of energy distribution = in human screams; behavioral and neuroimaging data suggest that this patter= n is associated ...</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <br> <br> <p></p> <p><br> </p> <div id=3D"Signature"> <div class=3D"BodyFragment"><font size=3D"2"> <div class=3D"PlainText">Robert Zatorre<br> Montreal Neurological Institute<br> McGill University<br> 514-398-8903<br> fax: 514-398-1338<br> www.zlab.mcgill.ca</div> </font></div> </div> <br> <br> <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <hr tabindex=3D"-1" style=3D"display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif" co= lor=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> AUDITORY - Research i= n Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> on behalf of Victor = Benichoux <benichoux@xxxxxxxx><br> <b>Sent:</b> February 7, 2017 1:35 AM<br> <b>To:</b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: Scream spectrum</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div><br> <div><span style=3D"">Could that study by Arnal et al be the on you are loo= king for?</span></div> <div id=3D"AppleMailSignature"><font color=3D"#000000" style=3D""><a href= =3D"https://scholar.google.fr/citations?view_op=3Dview_citation&hl=3Den= &user=3DtK4nyVwAAAAJ&citation_for_view=3DtK4nyVwAAAAJ:ufrVoPGSRksC"= style=3D"" id=3D"LPlnk182807" previewremoved=3D"true">https://scholar.goog= le.fr/citations?view_op=3Dview_citation&hl=3Den&user=3DtK4nyVwAAAAJ= &citation_for_view=3DtK4nyVwAAAAJ:ufrVoPGSRksC</a></font></div> </div> <div><br> On 6 Feb 2017, at 21:56, Huron, David <<a href=3D"mailto:huron.1@xxxxxxxx= ">huron.1@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br> <br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div> <div style=3D"direction:ltr; font-family:Tahoma; color:#000000; font-size:1= 0pt"> <div>Dear collective wisdom,</div> <div><br> </div> <div>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.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Can anyone point me to a suitable reference? Even literature rep= orting power spectrum data for human screams would be useful.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>David Huron</div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_CY1PR0301MB1195ACEB99E751DE75D5A2F981430CY1PR0301MB1195_--