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Shepard Tones

Shepard Tones is a psychoacoustic phenomenon consisting of a sequence of complex tones in which each tone is composed of multiple octave-spaced sinusoidal components whose relative amplitudes are fixed across octaves, creating the auditory illusion of a continuously rising or falling pitch without actual change in perceived register.

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Authors

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2017–2026

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Shepard Tone

Parents

Publications

16

Pitch of complex signals according to virtual-pitch theory: Tests, examples, and predictions

Ernst Terhardt, Gerhard Stoll, Manfred Seewann · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1982 · 151 citations

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Perceptual components of pitch: Spatial representation using a multidimensional scaling technique

Kazuo Ueda, Kengo Ohgushi · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1987 · 55 citations

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Circularity in relative pitch judgments for inharmonic complex tones: The Shepard demonstration revisited, again

Edward M. Burns · Perception & Psychophysics · 1981 · 46 citations · Full text

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Neuronal response to Shepard's tones. An auditory fMRI study using multifractal analysis

Yu Shimizu, Masahiro Umeda, Hiroaki Mano et al. · Brain Research · 2007 · 44 citations · Full text

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Pitch Control and Pitch Paradoxes Demonstrated with Computer-Synthesized Sounds

Jean‐Claude Risset · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1969 · 33 citations

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Authors

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  1. KS
    Kai Siedenburg

    Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  2. MD
    Mark Dolson

    University of California San Diego, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  3. KU
    Kazuo Ueda

    Kyushu University, Japan

    1 publications · 55 citations

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  4. TH
    Toshihiro Higuchi

    Kyoto University, Japan

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  5. CT
    Chuzo Tanaka

    Meiji University of Integrative Medicine, Japan

    1 publications · 44 citations

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Institutions

17

  1. Hamburg Institut (Germany)

    Hamburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  2. Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Japan)

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    55 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  4. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    55 citations

  5. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  6. Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  7. Université Paris Sciences et Lettres

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  8. Universität Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 6 publications · 292 citations

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  2. Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal

    3 publications · 51 citations

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  3. Psychology of Music

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. PLoS Computational Biology

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. Contemporary Music Review

    1 publications · 32 citations

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