dc.contributor.author | Elliott, Mark | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-07T15:35:39Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2011-03-07T15:35:39Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Aksentijevic, A., Barber, P. J., & Elliott, M. A. (2010). Process timing and its relation to the coding of tonal harmony. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (In press). | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1939-1277 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10379/1691 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Advances in auditory research suggest that gamma-band synchronization of frequency-specific cortical loci could be responsible for the integration of pure tones (harmonics) into harmonic complex tones. Thus far, evidence for such a mechanism has been revealed in neurophysiological studies, with little corroborative psychophysical evidence. In 6 experiments, we observed a rate- and time- specific response-time advantage for a sequence of target pips when the defining frequency of the target was a fractional multiple of a priming frequency. The effect was only observed when the prime and target tone-pip sequences were presented at 33 pips per second (pps) and when the inter-stimulus interval was approximately 100 and 250 milliseconds (ms). This evidence implicates oscillatory gamma-band activity in the representation of harmonic complex tones and suggests that synchronization with precise temporal characteristics is important for disambiguating related harmonic templates. An outline of a model is presented, which accounts for these findings in terms of fast resynchronization of relevant neuronal assemblies. | en |
dc.format | application/pdf | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | American Psychological Association | en |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ | |
dc.subject | Gamma-band oscillations | en |
dc.subject | Harmonic templates | en |
dc.subject | Psychology | en |
dc.title | Process timing and its relation to the coding of tonal harmony. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.description.peer-reviewed | peer-reviewed | en |
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