Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5389–5392 (1999)

Nonlinear Dynamics of the Perceived Pitch of Complex Sounds

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Julyan H. E. Cartwright^1,*, Diego L. González^2,†, and Oreste Piro^3,‡
¹Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, IACT (CSIC-UGR), E-18071 Granada, Spain
²Istituto Lamel, CNR, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
³Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), E-07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Received 1 December 1998; published in the issue dated 28 June 1999

We apply results from nonlinear dynamics to an old problem in acoustical physics: the mechanism of the perception of the pitch of sounds, especially the sounds known as complex tones that are important for music and speech intelligibility.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5389

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5389

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05.45.-a, 43.66.+y, 87.19.La

^*Electronic address: julyan@galiota.uib.eshttp://formentor.uib.es/~julyan

^†Electronic address: diego@indra.lamel.bo.cnr.it

^‡Electronic address: piro@imedea.uib.eshttp://www.imedea.uib.es/~piro

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5389–5392 (1999)

Nonlinear Dynamics of the Perceived Pitch of Complex Sounds