Pitch (Frequency): heard in Octaves
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PITCH: our subjective perception is a LOGARITHMIC FUNCTION
of the physical variable (frequency). Common Principle
Pitch perception in OCTAVES: “Equal” intervals actually
MULITPLES.
Two-tone discrimination: like two-point discrimination in the
somatosensory system. Proportional to the frequency (~ 5%).
Weber-Fechner Law
WHY? Physiology: “place” coding for frequency coding in cochlea
up to cortex; sizes of receptive fields. Just like somatosensory
system