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. 1979 Aug;49(1):324-6.
doi: 10.2466/pms.1979.49.1.324.

Human sound frequency preferences

R F Patchett

Human sound frequency preferences

R F Patchett. Percept Mot Skills. 1979 Aug.

Abstract

205 subjects each chose a "most pleasant" sound delivered through an earphone by turning the control knob on a continuously variable audio oscillator. Most subjects chose a frequency in a relatively narrow (approximately 350 Hz) band centered on 399 Hz. The preferences did not appear to be influenced by sex or age.

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