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In two experiments, subjects matched the pitch of a set of low-component harmonic complexes to that of a higher component complex, were then exposed for 1 h to complex tones in which low harmonics were timed 3% sharp or 3% flat (relative to higher ones), and then repeated pitch matching. Comparison of pre- and postexposure pitch-matching performance indicated that exposure to sharp-tuned harmonics caused subjects to match higher on the posttest and exposure to flat-tuned harmonics caused them to match lower. These data support the notion that normal pitch perception may develop and be maintained as a function of experience with normally occurring sounds.
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Results of these experiments were presented at the meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Ottowa, Ontario, March 1981.
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Bundy, R.S., Colombo, J. & Warnick-Yarmel, P. Association learning and pitch perception. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 27, 234–236 (1989). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334593
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