Unconscious and Distinctive Control of Vocal Pitch and Timbre During Altered Auditory Feedback.

ABSTRACT: Vocal control plays a critical role in smooth social communication. Speakers constantly monitor auditory feedback (AF) and make adjustments when their voices deviate from their intentions. Previous studies have shown that when certain acoustic features of the AF are artificially altered, speakers compensate for this alteration in the opposite direction. However, little is known about how the vocal control system implements compensations for alterations of different acoustic features, and associates them with subjective consciousness. The present study investigated whether compensations for the fundamental frequency (F0), which corresponds to perceived pitch, and formants, which contribute to perceived timbre, can be performed unconsciously and independently. Forty native Japanese speakers

SUBMITTER: Xu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7294928 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature