Pitch Processing of Speech: Comparison of Psychoacoustic and Electrophysiological Data

The present study consisted of two experiments. The goal of the first experiment was to establish the just noticeable differences for the fundamental frequency of the vowel /u/ by using the 2AFC method. We obtained the threshold value for 27 cents. This value is larger than the motor reaction values...

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Main Authors: Małgorzata WRZOSEK, Justyna MACULEWICZ, Honorata HAFKE-DYS, Agnieszka NOWIK, Anna PREIS, Grzegorz KROLICZAK
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Published: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences 2013-09-01
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Online Access:https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/56
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author Małgorzata WRZOSEK
Justyna MACULEWICZ
Honorata HAFKE-DYS
Agnieszka NOWIK
Anna PREIS
Grzegorz KROLICZAK
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description The present study consisted of two experiments. The goal of the first experiment was to establish the just noticeable differences for the fundamental frequency of the vowel /u/ by using the 2AFC method. We obtained the threshold value for 27 cents. This value is larger than the motor reaction values which had been observed in previous experiments (e.g. 9 or 19 cents). The second experiment was intended to provide neurophysiological confirmation of the detection of shifts in a frequency, using event-related potentials (ERPs). We concentrated on the mismatch negativity (MMN) – the component elicited by the change in the pattern of stimuli. Its occurrence is correlated with the discrimination threshold. In our study, MMN was observed for changes greater than 27 cents – shifts of ±50 and 100 cents (effect size – Cohen’s d = 2.259). MMN did not appear for changes of ±10 and 20 cents. The results showed that the values for which motor responses can be observed are indeed lower than those for perceptual thresholds.
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spelling doaj-art-9602a9ab2fb6425f80e9f66a0cfb96ac2025-08-20T03:30:25ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2013-09-01383Pitch Processing of Speech: Comparison of Psychoacoustic and Electrophysiological DataMałgorzata WRZOSEK0Justyna MACULEWICZ1Honorata HAFKE-DYS2Agnieszka NOWIK3Anna PREIS4Grzegorz KROLICZAK5Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityInstitute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityInstitute of Acoustics, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityDepartment of Biophysics, Poznań University of Medical SciencesInstitute of Acoustics, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityInstitute of Psychology, Cognitive Science Program, Head, Action, Cognition Laboratory, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityThe present study consisted of two experiments. The goal of the first experiment was to establish the just noticeable differences for the fundamental frequency of the vowel /u/ by using the 2AFC method. We obtained the threshold value for 27 cents. This value is larger than the motor reaction values which had been observed in previous experiments (e.g. 9 or 19 cents). The second experiment was intended to provide neurophysiological confirmation of the detection of shifts in a frequency, using event-related potentials (ERPs). We concentrated on the mismatch negativity (MMN) – the component elicited by the change in the pattern of stimuli. Its occurrence is correlated with the discrimination threshold. In our study, MMN was observed for changes greater than 27 cents – shifts of ±50 and 100 cents (effect size – Cohen’s d = 2.259). MMN did not appear for changes of ±10 and 20 cents. The results showed that the values for which motor responses can be observed are indeed lower than those for perceptual thresholds.https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/56pitch processing of speechauditory perception-motor dissociationmismatch negativity
spellingShingle Małgorzata WRZOSEK
Justyna MACULEWICZ
Honorata HAFKE-DYS
Agnieszka NOWIK
Anna PREIS
Grzegorz KROLICZAK
Pitch Processing of Speech: Comparison of Psychoacoustic and Electrophysiological Data
Archives of Acoustics
pitch processing of speech
auditory perception-motor dissociation
mismatch negativity
title Pitch Processing of Speech: Comparison of Psychoacoustic and Electrophysiological Data
title_full Pitch Processing of Speech: Comparison of Psychoacoustic and Electrophysiological Data
title_fullStr Pitch Processing of Speech: Comparison of Psychoacoustic and Electrophysiological Data
title_full_unstemmed Pitch Processing of Speech: Comparison of Psychoacoustic and Electrophysiological Data
title_short Pitch Processing of Speech: Comparison of Psychoacoustic and Electrophysiological Data
title_sort pitch processing of speech comparison of psychoacoustic and electrophysiological data
topic pitch processing of speech
auditory perception-motor dissociation
mismatch negativity
url https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/56
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