The Role of Harmonic Resolvability in Pitch Perception in a Vocal Nonhuman Primate, the Common Marmoset ( Callithrix jacchus )

• Published in: The Journal of neuroscience Vol. 33; no. 21; pp. 9161 - 9168
• Main Authors: Osmanski, Michael S., Song, Xindong, Wang, Xiaoqin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society for Neuroscience 22.05.2013
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Animals; Callithrix - physiology; Callithrix jacchus; Conditioning, Operant; Cues; Female; Male; Noise; Pitch Discrimination - physiology; Pitch Perception - physiology; Primates; Psychophysics; Reaction Time; Time Factors; Vocalization, Animal - physiology

Pitch is one of the most fundamental percepts in the auditory system and can be extracted using either spectral or temporal information in an acoustic signal. Although pitch perception has been extensively studied in human subjects, it is far less clear how nonhuman primates perceive pitch. We have...