Role of Pitch Memory in Pitch Matching and Pitch Discrimination

ASHA Leader ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 4-4
Author(s):  
Robert E. Moore ◽  
Casie Keaton ◽  
Christopher Watts
Keyword(s):  
Pitch Discrimination ◽  
Pitch Matching

The Role of Pitch Memory in Pitch Discrimination and Pitch Matching

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 560-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Moore ◽  
Casie Keaton ◽  
Christopher Watts
Keyword(s):  
Pitch Discrimination ◽  
Pitch Matching

The role of timbre in pitch matching abilities and pitch discrimination abilities with complex tones

2004 ◽  
Vol 115 (5) ◽  
pp. 2390-2390
Author(s):  
Robert E. Moore ◽  
Christopher R. Watts ◽  
Fawen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Pitch Discrimination ◽  
Pitch Matching ◽  
Complex Tones

scholarly journals The relationship between pitch discrimination and Romanian students’ spelling performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-240
Author(s):  
Dacian Dorin Dolean
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Pitch Discrimination ◽  
Discrimination Ability ◽  
Spelling Performance ◽  
Foreign Language Acquisition ◽  
Spelling Ability ◽  
Performance Ability

Abstract Previous studies have shown that music can have a positive impact on phonological awareness and on foreign language acquisition. The present research investigates specifically the role of pitch discrimination ability in native and foreign language spelling performance. Two groups of elementary school children were selected based on their pitch discrimination abilities (high and low). Their spelling performance in their native and a foreign (fictional) language was assessed. The results indicate that pitch discrimination ability can be linked to spelling ability in both the native and a foreign language. They also suggest that studying a musical instrument might predict enhanced spelling performance ability

scholarly journals Pitch discrimination interference: The role of ear of entry and of octave similarity

2009 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 324-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hedwig E. Gockel ◽  
Ervin R. Hafter ◽  
Brian C. J. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Pitch Discrimination

Relations of Pitch Matching, Pitch Discrimination, and Otoacoustic Emission Suppression in Individuals Not Formally Trained as Musicians

2007 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 777-784
Author(s):  
Robert E. Moore ◽  
Julie M. Estis ◽  
Fawen Zhang ◽  
Christopher Watts ◽  
Elizabeth Marble
Keyword(s):  
Auditory System ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Musical Training ◽  
Otoacoustic Emission ◽  
Pitch Discrimination ◽  
Discrimination Analysis ◽  
Pitch Matching ◽  
Formally Trained ◽  
The Relationship

Research has yielded a relationship between pitch matching and pitch discrimination. Good pitch matchers tend to be good pitch discriminators and are often judged to be vocally talented. Otoacoustic emission suppression measures the function of the efferent auditory system which may affect accuracy for pitch matching and pitch discrimination. Formally trained musicians show pitch matching and pitch discrimination superior to those of nonmusicians and have greater efferent otoacoustic emission suppression than nonmusicians. This study investigated the relationship among pitch matching, pitch discrimination, and otoacoustic emission suppression in individuals with no formal musical training and who showed varied pitch matching and pitch discrimination. Analysis suggested a significant relationship between pitch matching and pitch discrimination but not between otoacoustic emission suppression and pitch matching and pitch discrimination. Findings are presented in the context of previous research indicating a significant relationship between otoacoustic emission suppression and musical talent in trained musicians.

Pitch Discrimination and Pitch Matching Abilities with Vocal and Nonvocal Stimuli

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Moore ◽  
Julie Estis ◽  
Susan Gordon-Hickey ◽  
Christopher Watts
Keyword(s):  
Pitch Discrimination ◽  
Pitch Matching

Pitch Discrimination and Pitch Matching Abilities of Adults who Sing Inaccurately

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Bradshaw ◽  
Monica A. McHenry
Keyword(s):  
Pitch Discrimination ◽  
Pitch Matching

scholarly journals Implicit temporal predictability biases slow oscillatory phase in auditory cortex and enhances pitch discrimination sensitivity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie K. Herbst ◽  
Jonas Obleser
Keyword(s):  
Target Tone ◽  
Pitch Discrimination ◽  
Neural Oscillations ◽  
Phase Reset ◽  
Standard Tone ◽  
Input Structure ◽  
Oscillatory Phase ◽  
Temporal Predictability ◽  
Delta Oscillations

AbstractCan human listeners use strictly implicit temporal contingencies in auditory input to form temporal predictions, and if so, how are these predictions represented endogenously? To assess this question, we implicitly manipulated foreperiods in an auditory pitch discrimination task. Unbeknownst to participants, the pitch of the standard tone could either be deterministically predictive of the onset of the target tone, or convey no predictive information. Both conditions were presented interleaved in one stream, and separated by variable inter-stimulus intervals such that there was no dominant stimulus rhythm throughout. Even though participants were unaware of the implicit temporal contingencies, pitch discrimination sensitivity (i.e. the slope of the psychometric function) increased when the onset of the target tone was predictable in time (N = 49). Concurrently recorded EEG data (N = 24) revealed that standard tones which initiated temporal predictions evoked a more negative N1 component than non-predictive standards, and were followed by an increase in delta power during the foreperiod. Furthermore, the phase angle of delta oscillations (1–3Hz) evoked by the standard tone predicted pitch discrimination sensitivity at the target tone (1.75 s later on average), which suggests that temporal predictions can be initiated by an optimized delta phase reset. In sum, we show that auditory perception benefits from implicit temporal contingencies, and provide evidence for a role of slow neural oscillations in the endogenous representation of temporal predictions, in absence of exogenously driven entrainment to rhythmic input.Significance StatementTemporal contingencies are ubiquitous in sensory environments, especially in the auditory domain, and have been shown to facilitate perception and action. Yet, how these contingencies in exogenous inputs are transformed into an endogenous representation of temporal predictions is not known. Here, we implicitly induced temporal predictability in the absence of a rhythmic input structure, that is without exogenously driven entrainment of neural oscillations. Our results show that even implicit and non-rhythmic temporal predictions are extracted and used by human observers, underlining the role of timing in sensory processing. Furthermore, our EEG results point towards an instrumental role of delta oscillations in initiating temporal predictions by an optimized phase reset in response to a temporally predictive cue.

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