Pitch segregation is an example of spontaneous auditory perceptual grouping in which one component of a complex is perceptually enhanced, or several are enhanced in turn, forming a tune or scale. Three component manipulations are discussed which produce pitch segregation by (1) altering the apparent location of the component (interaural time disparity); (2) briefly reducing and then restoring the amplitude of the component (momentary amplitude disparity); or (3) phase shifting one component of a monaural harmonic series (monaural phase disparity).

Authors: Kubovy, Michael; Daniel, Jane E.
Affiliation: Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, Department of Psychology, New Brunswick, NJ
JAES Volume 31 Issue 9 pp. 630-635, 637, 638; September 1983
Publication Date: September 1, 1983

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