Detecting continuous and discrete frequency changes as a function of spectral resolvability and modulation rate.

Penelope J Corbett, Kelly L Whiteford, Andrew J Oxenham

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Article in JASA express letters, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Penelope J CorbettDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-8129-2386

Kelly L WhitefordDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2627-1509

Andrew J OxenhamDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9365-1157

Funding

Complex Pitch Perception in Complex EnvironmentsR01DC005216 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Andrew J. Oxenham · 2002 to 2026

$9.3M

Neural and Perceptual Mechanisms for Coding Frequency ModulationR21DC019409 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI WHITEFORD, KELLY L · 2022 to 2024

$775k

NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC005216NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC019409

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Abstract

This study measured detection of frequency modulation (FM) and frequency differences in alternating tones with spectrally resolved and unresolved harmonics for modulation rates between 2 and 20 Hz. The hypotheses were that FM detection involves (i) conversion to amplitude modulation through cochlear filtering and (ii) sampling instantaneous frequency at discrete times. Contrary to the first hypothesis, thresholds worsened with increasing modulation rate similarly for both resolved and unresolved harmonics. Thresholds for alternating tones were higher than for FM, particularly at faster modulation rates. Outcomes can be reconciled with existing theories if performance is limited by central, not peripheral, processes.

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PMID42383843

DOI10.1121/10.0044323

PMCPMC13339214

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