Profile Analysis

"This version of "profile analysis" refers to the fundamental question of how we hear changes in the spectral shape of complex sounds. . . . this mongraph provides a very readable introduction. . . useful compilation. . . conveys an excitment that is appropriate to this new and important area of auditory research." --Contemporary Psychology"This version of "profile analysis" refers to the fundamental question of how we hear changes in the spectral shape of complex sounds. . . . this mongraph provides a very readable introduction. . . useful compilation. . . conveys an excitment that is appropriate to this new and important area of auditory research." --Contemporary Psychology

• Early experiments in profile analysis; Intensity discrimination; Discrimination of a change in intensity level for sinusoidal signals; Some properties of profile analysis; Frequency and relative level effects in profile analysis; Training and dynamic effects; Two theories of profile analysis.