The influence of fundamental frequency on perceived duration in spectrally comparable sounds
The perceived duration of a sound is affected by its fundamental frequency and intensity: higher sounds are judged to be longer, as are sounds with greater intensity. Since increasing intensity lengthens the perceived duration of the auditory object, and increasing the fundamental frequency increase...
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| description | The perceived duration of a sound is affected by its fundamental frequency and intensity: higher sounds are judged to be longer, as are sounds with greater intensity. Since increasing intensity lengthens the perceived duration of the auditory object, and increasing the fundamental frequency increases the sound’s perceived loudness (up to ca. 3 kHz), frequency modulation of duration could be potentially explained by a confounding effect where the primary cause of the modulation would be variations in intensity. Here, a series of experiments are described that were designed to disentangle the contributions of fundamental frequency, intensity, and duration to perceived loudness and duration. In two forced-choice tasks, participants judged duration and intensity differences between two sounds varying simultaneously in intensity, fundamental frequency, fundamental frequency gliding range, and duration. The results suggest that fundamental frequency and intensity each have an impact on duration judgments, while frequency gliding range did not influence the present results. We also demonstrate that the modulation of perceived duration by sound fundamental frequency cannot be fully explained by the confounding relationship between frequency and intensity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1473e68d9e248ee9f2421a03925e5f22023-12-03T11:03:43ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592017-09-015e373410.7717/peerj.3734The influence of fundamental frequency on perceived duration in spectrally comparable soundsCaitlin Dawson0Daniel Aalto1Juraj Simko2Martti Vainio3Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandCommunication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Rehabilitative Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaDepartment of Modern Languages, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Modern Languages, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandThe perceived duration of a sound is affected by its fundamental frequency and intensity: higher sounds are judged to be longer, as are sounds with greater intensity. Since increasing intensity lengthens the perceived duration of the auditory object, and increasing the fundamental frequency increases the sound’s perceived loudness (up to ca. 3 kHz), frequency modulation of duration could be potentially explained by a confounding effect where the primary cause of the modulation would be variations in intensity. Here, a series of experiments are described that were designed to disentangle the contributions of fundamental frequency, intensity, and duration to perceived loudness and duration. In two forced-choice tasks, participants judged duration and intensity differences between two sounds varying simultaneously in intensity, fundamental frequency, fundamental frequency gliding range, and duration. The results suggest that fundamental frequency and intensity each have an impact on duration judgments, while frequency gliding range did not influence the present results. We also demonstrate that the modulation of perceived duration by sound fundamental frequency cannot be fully explained by the confounding relationship between frequency and intensity.https://peerj.com/articles/3734.pdfPsychoacousticsDuration perceptionFundamental frequencyPerceptual biasAuditory processingIntensity perception |
| spellingShingle | Caitlin Dawson Daniel Aalto Juraj Simko Martti Vainio The influence of fundamental frequency on perceived duration in spectrally comparable sounds PeerJ Psychoacoustics Duration perception Fundamental frequency Perceptual bias Auditory processing Intensity perception |
| title | The influence of fundamental frequency on perceived duration in spectrally comparable sounds |
| title_full | The influence of fundamental frequency on perceived duration in spectrally comparable sounds |
| title_fullStr | The influence of fundamental frequency on perceived duration in spectrally comparable sounds |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of fundamental frequency on perceived duration in spectrally comparable sounds |
| title_short | The influence of fundamental frequency on perceived duration in spectrally comparable sounds |
| title_sort | influence of fundamental frequency on perceived duration in spectrally comparable sounds |
| topic | Psychoacoustics Duration perception Fundamental frequency Perceptual bias Auditory processing Intensity perception |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/3734.pdf |
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