Nonlinear Dynamics of the Perceived Pitch of Complex Sounds

Julyan H. E. Cartwright; Diego L. González; Oreste Piro

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5389

Nonlinear Dynamics of the Perceived Pitch of Complex Sounds

Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Diego L. González, and Oreste Piro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5389 – Published 28 June 1999

Abstract

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.

Received 1 December 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5389

Authors & Affiliations

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

^*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