Effect of repetition of standard and of comparison tones on recognition memory for pitch.

Abstract

Investigated the pitch memory store, using 14 undergraduates and 1 housewife as Ss. In all conditions, pitch recognition was required after a 4-sec interval during which 4 other tones were played. The effects of including in the interpolated sequence a tone at the same pitch as the standard (S) or comparison (C) tone were investigated. When the S and C tones were identical in pitch, inserting in the interpolated sequence a tone at that pitch reduced errors. When the S and C tones differed in pitch, inserting a tone at the pitch of the S tone reduced errors and inserting a tone at the pitch of the C tone increased errors. Inserting one tone at the pitch of the S tone and another at the pitch of the C tone produced no significant change in errors, compared with the condition in which no tone at either pitch was included in the interpolated sequence. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)