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Stevens' phenomenon?

Douglas Nunn d.j.e.nunn at durham.ac.uk
Mon Feb 12 09:38:54 EST 1996


It is known that the perceptual pitch of a pure tone depends
on its amplitude, and that this dependence depends on
frequency.

I've been trying to find a term for this phenomenon, and have
tentatively referred to it as "Stevens' phenomenon", after the
first paper by Stevens in 1933.

Does anyone know if this has a recognised name?

Follow-ups by to alt.sci.physics.acoustics please.

		Cheers,

			Douglas Nunn




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