Demo Sounds

Examples of the sounds used in some of our experiments:

Topic/Paper	Link to sounds or movies
Reviewing the definition of timbre as it pertains to the perception of speech and musical sounds - ISH 2009
R.D. Patterson, T.C. Walters, J.J.M. Monaghan and E. Gaudrain (2009). ISH 2009, Salamanca.	Pitch and size melodies
Seperating pitch chroma and pitch height - the Helix Circle
Warren, J.D., Uppenkamp, S., Patterson, R.D. and Griffiths, T.D. (2003). Separating pitch chroma and pitch height in the human brain. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. Vol. 100, No. 17. 10038-10042.	The Helix Circle Sound
Phonology in the human brain
We have developed a new class of stimuli to attempt to locate the first stage of speech specific processing in the human auditory system. The technique involves contrasting the BOLD response of damped vowels and musical rain.	Damped Vowels and Musical Rain
Pitch and melody in the human brain
Patterson, R. D., Uppenkamp, S., Johnsrude, I., and Griffiths, T. D. (2002). The processing of temporal pitch and melody information in auditory cortex, Neuron, 36, 767-776.	Regular Interval Sounds (RIS)