This repo contains the data and the MATLAB script of my published paper (open access):
- Chang, A., Teng, X., Assaneo, M.F., Poeppel, D. (2024) The human auditory system uses amplitude modulation to distinguish music from speech. PLOS Biology, 22(5): e3002631 [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002631]
Featured in the media:
- Scientific American: How Your Brain Tells Speech and Music Apart
- CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks: How the brain can instantly tell the difference between speech and music
- NPR Podcast: The Academic Minute: Is It a Sound of Music…or of Speech? (featured in New York University week)
- NYU News: Is It a Sound of Music…or of Speech? Scientists Uncover How Our Brains Try to Tell the Difference
Other related links:
Peak AM frequency: High
Temporal regularity: High
audio_highPeakFreq_highRegularity_1.mp4
Peak AM frequency: High
Temporal regularity: Low
audio_highPeakFreq_lowRegularity_1.mp4
Peak AM frequency: Low
Temporal regularity: High
audio_lowPeakFreq_highRegularity_1.mp4
Peak AM frequency: Low
Temporal regularity: Low
audio_lowPeakFreq_lowRegularity_1.mp4
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