Perfect Pitch / Absolute Pitch / Pitch Circularity

Deutsch, D., Henthorn, T. and Dolson, M. Absolute pitch is demonstrated in speakers of tone languages. Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 1999, 106, 2267. [Web Link] [Laylanguage version]

Diana Deutsch, Trevor Henthorn, and Mark Dolson. 'Tone Language Speakers Possess Absolute Pitch'. Acoustical Society of America, 1999, [Laylanguage version]

Deutsch, D., Henthorn, T. & Dolson, M. Bilingual speakers perceive a musical illusion in accordance with their first language. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2000, 108, 2591. [Web Link]

Deutsch, D., Henthorn T. and Dolson, M. Speech patterns heard early in life influence later perception of the tritone paradox. Music Perception, 2004, 21, 357-372. [PDF Document]

Deutsch, D., Henthorn T. and Dolson, M. Absolute pitch, speech, and tone language: Some experiments and a proposed framework. Music Perception, 2004, 21, 339-356. [PDF Document]

Deutsch, D., Henthorn, T., Marvin, E. and Xu H-S. Tone language and absolute pitch: Prevalence among American and Chinese conservatory students. Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 2004, 116, 2580. [Web Link] [Laylanguage version]

Diana Deutsch, Trevor Henthorn, Elizabeth Marvin, and HongShuai Xu. 'Perfect Pitch in Tone Language Speakers Carries Over to Music'. Acoustical Society of America, 2004, November, [Laylanguage version]

Deutsch, D. Dooley, K. Dubnov S. Henthorn, T. & Wurden, A. Pitch circularity produced by varying the amplitudes of odd and even harmonics. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2005, 118, 1949. [Web Link]

Deutsch, D. Hamaoui, K. Henthorn, T. The Glissando Illusion: A spatial illusory contour in hearing. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2005, 117, 2476. [Web Link] [Laylanguage version]

Deutsch, D., Henthorn, T., Marvin, E., & Xu H-S. Absolute pitch among American and Chinese conservatory students: Prevalence differences, and evidence for a speech-related critical period. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2006, 119, 719-722. [PDF Document]

Deutsch, D. & Henthorn, T. Two issues at the interface between speech and music. (invited presentation). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2006, 120, 3167. [Web Link]

Henthorn, T. & Deutsch, D. Ethnicity versus Early Environment: Comment on 'Early childhood music education and predisposition to absolute pitch: Teasing apart genes and environment' by Peter K. Gregersen, Elena Kowalsky, Nina Kohn, and Elizabeth West Marvin (2000). American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, 2007, 143A, 102-103. [PDF Document] [Web Link]

Deutsch, D., Hamaoui, K., and Henthorn, T. The Glissando Illusion and Handedness. Neuropsychologia, 2007, 45, 2981-2988. [PDF Document] [Web Link]

Deutsch, D., Dooley, K., and Henthorn, T. A new pitch circularity illusion. Paper presented at the meeting of the. Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Montreal, Aug 1, 2007,

Deutsch, D., Dooley, K., and Henthorn, T. A new pitch circularity illusion. Annual Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting, Long Beach, November, 2007, [PDF Document]

Deutsch, D., Dooley, K., and Henthorn, T. Pitch circularity from tones comprising full harmonic series. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2008, [ PDF Document ] [Web Link]

Computing Collaborations

Smarr, L., A. D. Thomas, et al. (2006). "Editorial: special section: iGrid 2005: The global lambda integrated facility." Future Gener. Comput. Syst. 22(8): 849-851. 

Otto, Henthorn, Brock, Margolis & Dessen. CalREN-XD/HPR WORKSHOP 2008. "CineGrid Testbed for Advanced Networked Digital Audio Post Production" [Web Link]

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