Laurent Demany

Scientific articles

• Simple frequency ratios naturally make precisely perceived melodies
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal Daniel Pressnitzer.
  Current Biology. 2025-03-01.
  10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.030
• Nature versus nurture in the detection of sour notes
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  PsyArXiv Preprints. 2023-12-09.
  10.31234/osf.io/ug398
• Controlling audibility with noise for online experiments using sound
  Rodrigue Bravard, Laurent Demany, Daniel Pressnitzer.
  JASA Express Letters. 2023-06-01. 3(6)
  10.1121/10.0019807
• The perception of octave pitch affinity and harmonic fusion have a common origin
  Laurent Demany, Guilherme Monteiro, Catherine Semal, Shihab Shamma, Robert P. Carlyon.
  Hearing Research. 2021-02-01. : 108213.
  10.1016/j.heares.2021.108213
• The Role of Memory in Auditory Perception
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  Auditory Perception of Sound Sources. . : 77-113.
  10.1007/978-0-387-71305-2_4
• Automatic frequency-shift detection in the auditory system: A review of psychophysical findings.
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  Neuroscience. 2017-09-01.
  10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.08.045
• Detecting temporal changes in acoustic scenes: The variable benefit of selective attention.
  Laurent Demany, Yann Bayle, Emilie Puginier, Catherine Semal.
  Hearing Research. 2017-09-01. 353 : 17-25.
  10.1016/j.heares.2017.07.013
• The Effect of Cochlear Damage on the Sensitivity to Harmonicity.
  Damien Bonnard, René Dauman, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  Ear and Hearing. 2017-01-01. 38(1) : 85-93.
  10.1097/aud.0000000000000356
• Pitch priming in sequences of two sounds.
  Laurent Demany, Tom Lucas, Catherine Semal.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2016-09-01. 140(3) : 2056-2063.
  10.1121/1.4963093
• Harmonic fusion and pitch affinity: Is there a direct link?
  Damien Bonnard, René Dauman, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  Hearing Research. 2016-03-01. 333 : 247-254.
  10.1016/j.heares.2015.08.015
• A late-emerging auditory deficit in autism.
  Mayalen Erviti, Catherine Semal, Beverly A. Wright, Anouck Amestoy, Manuel P. Bouvard, Laurent Demany.
  Neuropsychology. 2015-01-01. 29(3) : 454-462.
  10.1037/neu0000162
• Auditory attention is divisible: segregated tone streams can be tracked simultaneously.
  Laurent Demany, Mayalen Erviti, Catherine Semal.
  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 2015-01-01. 41(2) : 356-363.
  10.1037/a0038932
• The auditory enhancement effect is not reflected in the 80-Hz auditory steady-state response.
  Samuele Carcagno, Christopher J. Plack, Arthur Portron, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  JARO. 2014-05-21. 15(4) : 621-630.
  10.1007/s10162-014-0455-y
• What is a melody? On the relationship between pitch and brightness of timbre.
  Marion Cousineau, Samuele Carcagno, Laurent Demany, Daniel Pressnitzer.
  Front. Syst. Neurosci.. 2014-01-01. 7
  10.3389/fnsys.2013.00127
• No Need for Templates in the Auditory Enhancement Effect.
  Samuele Carcagno, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  PLoS ONE. 2013-06-27. 8(6) : e67874.
  10.1371/journal.pone.0067874
• The perceptual enhancement of tones by frequency shifts.
  Laurent Demany, Samuele Carcagno, Catherine Semal.
  Hearing Research. 2013-04-01. 298 : 10-16.
  10.1016/j.heares.2013.01.016
• Enhancement of increments in spectral amplitude: further evidence for a mechanism based on central adaptation.
  Samuele Carcagno, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 2013-01-01. : 175-182.
  10.1007/978-1-4614-1590-9_20
• Auditory stream segregation for alternating and synchronous tones.
  Christophe Micheyl, Coral Hanson, Laurent Demany, Shihab Shamma, Andrew J. Oxenham.
  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 2013-01-01. 39(6) : 1568-1580.
  10.1037/a0032241
• Assessing the possible role of frequency-shift detectors in the ability to hear out partials in complex tones.
  Brian C. J. Moore, Olivia Kenyon, Brian R. Glasberg, Laurent Demany.
  Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 2013-01-01. : 127-135.
  10.1007/978-1-4614-1590-9_15
• Auditory discrimination of frequency ratios: the octave singularity.
  Damien Bonnard, Christophe Micheyl, Catherine Semal, René Dauman, Laurent Demany.
  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 2013-01-01. 39(3) : 788-801.
  10.1037/a0030095
• Auditory enhancement of increments in spectral amplitude stems from more than one source.
  Samuele Carcagno, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  JARO. 2012-07-06. 13(5) : 693-702.
  10.1007/s10162-012-0339-y
• A note about insensitivity to pitch-change direction.
  Samuel R. Mathias, Peter J. Bailey, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2011-10-01. 130(4) : EL129-EL134.
  10.1121/1.3629139
• Enhancing a tone by shifting its frequency or intensity.
  Mayalen Erviti, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2011-06-01. 129(6) : 3837-3845.
  10.1121/1.3589257
• Frequency-shift detectors bind binaural as well as monaural frequency representations.
  Samuele Carcagno, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 2011-01-01. 37(6) : 1976-1987.
  10.1037/a0024321
• Implicit versus explicit frequency comparisons: two mechanisms of auditory change detection.
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal, Daniel Pressnitzer.
  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 2011-01-01. 37(2) : 597-605.
  10.1037/a0020368
• The role of peripheral resolvability in pitch-sequence processing.
  Marion Cousineau, Laurent Demany, Daniel Pressnitzer.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2010-11-01. 128(5) : EL236-EL241.
  10.1121/1.3499701
• What breaks a melody: perceiving F0 and intensity sequences with a cochlear implant.
  Marion Cousineau, Laurent Demany, Bernard Meyer, Daniel Pressnitzer.
  Hearing Research. 2010-10-01. 269(1-2) : 34-41.
  10.1016/j.heares.2010.07.007
• Fundamental differences in change detection between vision and audition.
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal, Jean-René Cazalets, Daniel Pressnitzer.
  Exp Brain Res. 2010-04-06. 203(2) : 261-270.
  10.1007/s00221-010-2226-2
• What makes a melody: The perceptual singularity of pitch sequences.
  Marion Cousineau, Laurent Demany, Daniel Pressnitzer.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2009-12-01. 126(6) : 3179-3187.
  10.1121/1.3257206
• Tuning properties of the auditory frequency-shift detectors.
  Laurent Demany, Daniel Pressnitzer, Catherine Semal.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2009-09-01. 126(3) : 1342-1348.
  10.1121/1.3179675
• Continuous versus discrete frequency changes: different detection mechanisms?
  Laurent Demany, Robert P. Carlyon, Catherine Semal.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2009-02-01. 125(2) : 1082-1090.
  10.1121/1.3050271
• Auditory temporal processing in Parkinson’s disease.
  Dominique Guehl, Pierre Burbaud, Christian Lorenzi, Christophe Ramos, Bernard Bioulac, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  Neuropsychologia. 2008-07-01. 46(9) : 2326-2335.
  10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.03.007
• Enhancement, adaptation, and the binaural system.
  Maja Šerman, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2008-06-01. 123(6) : 4412-4420.
  10.1121/1.2902177
• An evaluation of psychophysical models of auditory change perception.
  Christophe Micheyl, Christian Kaernbach, Laurent Demany.
  Psychological Review. 2008-01-01. 115(4) : 1069-1083.
  10.1037/a0013572
• Auditory change detection: simple sounds are not memorized better than complex sounds.
  Laurent Demany, Wiebke Trost, Maja Serman, Catherine Semal.
  Psychol Sci. 2008-01-01. 19(1) : 85-91.
  10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02050.x
• Individual differences in the sensitivity to pitch direction.
  Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2006-12-01. 120(6) : 3907-3915.
  10.1121/1.2357708
• The slow formation of a pitch percept beyond the ending time of a short tone burst.
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  Perception & Psychophysics. 2005-11-01. 67(8) : 1376-1383.
  10.3758/bf03193642
• Consequences of cochlear damage for the detection of interaural phase differences.
  Stéphane Lacher-Fougère, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2005-10-01. 118(4) : 2519-2526.
  10.1121/1.2032747
• Consequences of cochlear damage for the detection of interaural phase differences.
  Stéphane Lacher-Fougère, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2005-10-01. 118(4) : 2519-2526.
  10.1121/1.2032747
• Modulation masking produced by second-order modulators.
  Christian Füllgrabe, Brian C. J. Moore, Laurent Demany, Stephan D. Ewert, Stanley Sheft, Christian Lorenzi.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2005-04-01. 117(4) : 2158-2168.
  10.1121/1.1861892
• Modulation masking produced by second-order modulators.
  Christian Füllgrabe, Brian C. J. Moore, Laurent Demany, Stephan D. Ewert, Stanley Sheft, Christian Lorenzi.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2005-04-01. 117(4) : 2158-2168.
  10.1121/1.1861892
• On the binding of successive sounds: perceiving shifts in nonperceived pitches.
  Laurent Demany, Christophe Ramos.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2005-02-01. 117(2) : 833-841.
  10.1121/1.1850209
• Detecting changes in amplitude-modulation frequency: A test of the concept of excitation pattern in the temporal-envelope domain
  Christian Füllgrabe, Laurent Demany, Christian Lorenzi.
  Auditory Signal Processing. 2005-01-01. : 229-235.
  10.1007/0-387-27045-0_28
• Internal noise and memory for pitch
  Laurent Demany, Gaspard Montandon, Catherine Semal.
  Auditory Signal Processing. 2005-01-01. : 136-144.
  10.1007/0-387-27045-0_17
• Pitch perception and retention: two cumulative benefits of selective attention.
  Laurent Demany, Gaspard Montandon, Catherine Semal.
  Perception & Psychophysics. 2004-05-01. 66(4) : 609-617.
  10.3758/BF03194905
• Limits of rhythm perception.
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A. 2002-04-01. 55(2) : 643-657.
  10.1080/02724980143000406
• Learning to perceive pitch differences.
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2002-03-01. 111(3) : 1377-1388.
  10.1121/1.1445791
• Temporal pitch perception and the binaural system.
  Robert P. Carlyon, Laurent Demany, John Deeks.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2001-02-01. 109(2) : 686-700.
  10.1121/1.1342074
• Temporal pitch perception and the binaural system.
  Robert P. Carlyon, Laurent Demany, John Deeks.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2001-02-01. 109(2) : 686-700.
  10.1121/1.1342074
• Memory for pitch versus memory for loudness.
  Sylvain Clément, Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1999-11-01. 106(5) : 2805-2811.
  10.1121/1.428106
• Discrimination of amplitude-modulation phase spectrum.
  Christian Lorenzi, Frédéric Berthommier, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1999-05-01. 105(5) : 2987-2990.
  10.1121/1.426911
• Discrimination of amplitude-modulation phase spectrum.
  Christian Lorenzi, Frédéric Berthommier, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1999-05-01. 105(5) : 2987-2990.
  10.1121/1.426911
• Psychophysical evidence against the autocorrelation theory of auditory temporal processing.
  Christian Kaernbach, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1998-10-01. 104(4) : 2298-2306.
  10.1121/1.423742
• Temporal dynamics of pitch strength in regular interval noises.
  L. Wiegrebe, R. D. Patterson, L. Demany, R. P. Carlyon.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1998-10-01. 104(4) : 2307-2313.
  10.1121/1.423743
• Psychophysical evidence against the autocorrelation theory of auditory temporal processing.
  Christian Kaernbach, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1998-10-01. 104(4) : 2298-2306.
  10.1121/1.423742
• Temporal dynamics of pitch strength in regular interval noises.
  L. Wiegrebe, R. D. Patterson, L. Demany, R. P. Carlyon.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1998-10-01. 104(4) : 2307-2313.
  10.1121/1.423743
• Pitch perception: a difference between right- and left-handed listeners.
  Virginie Laguitton, Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal, Catherine Liégeois-Chauvel.
  Neuropsychologia. 1998-03-01. 36(3) : 201-207.
  10.1016/s0028-3932(97)00122-x
• Pitch perception: a difference between right- and left-handed listeners.
  Virginie Laguitton, Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal, Catherine Liégeois-Chauvel.
  Neuropsychologia. 1998-03-01. 36(3) : 201-207.
  10.1016/s0028-3932(97)00122-x
• Modulation Detection by Normal and Hearing-impaired Listeners
  Stéphane Lacher-Fougère, Laurent Demany.
  Int J Audiol. 1998-01-01. 37(2) : 109-121.
  10.3109/00206099809072965
• The perception of frequency peaks and troughs in wide frequency modulations. IV. Effects of modulation waveform.
  Laurent Demany, Sylvain Clément.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1997-11-01. 102(5) : 2935-2944.
  10.1121/1.420348
• The perception of frequency peaks and troughs in wide frequency modulations. IV. Effects of modulation waveform.
  Laurent Demany, Sylvain Clément.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1997-11-01. 102(5) : 2935-2944.
  10.1121/1.420348
• Speech versus nonspeech in pitch memory.
  Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany, Kazuo Ueda, Pierre‐André Hallé.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1996-08-01. 100(2) : 1132-1140.
  10.1121/1.416298
• Speech versus nonspeech in pitch memory.
  Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany, Kazuo Ueda, Pierre‐André Hallé.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1996-08-01. 100(2) : 1132-1140.
  10.1121/1.416298
• The perception of frequency peaks and troughs in wide frequency modulations. III. Complex carriers.
  Laurent Demany, Sylvain Clément.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1995-11-01. 98(5) : 2515-2523.
  10.1121/1.413217
• The perception of frequency peaks and troughs in wide frequency modulations. III. Complex carriers.
  Laurent Demany, Sylvain Clément.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1995-11-01. 98(5) : 2515-2523.
  10.1121/1.413217
• The perception of frequency peaks and troughs in wide frequency modulations. II. Effects of frequency register, stimulus uncertainty, and intensity.
  Laurent Demany, Sylvain Clément.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1995-04-01. 97(4) : 2454-2459.
  10.1121/1.411966
• The perception of frequency peaks and troughs in wide frequency modulations. II. Effects of frequency register, stimulus uncertainty, and intensity.
  Laurent Demany, Sylvain Clément.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1995-04-01. 97(4) : 2454-2459.
  10.1121/1.411966
• The perception of frequency peaks and troughs in wide frequency modulations.
  Laurent Demany, Kenneth I. McAnally.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1994-08-01. 96(2) : 706-715.
  10.1121/1.410309
• The perception of frequency peaks and troughs in wide frequency modulations.
  Laurent Demany, Kenneth I. McAnally.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1994-08-01. 96(2) : 706-715.
  10.1121/1.410309
• Pitch versus Brightness of Timbre: Detecting Combined Shifts in Fundamental and Formant Frequency
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 1993-10-01. 11(1) : 1-13.
  10.2307/40285596
• Further evidence for an autonomous processing of pitch in auditory short-term memory.
  Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1993-09-01. 94(3) : 1315-1322.
  10.1121/1.408159
• Detection of inharmonicity in dichotic pure-tone dyads.
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  Hearing Research. 1992-08-01. 61(1-2) : 161-166.
  10.1016/0378-5955(92)90047-q
• INTERFÉRENCES EN MÉMOIRE AUDITIVE ET PHÉNOMÈNES DE MASQUE : DES RÈGLES RADICALEMENT DIFFÉRENTES
  C. SEMAL, L. DEMANY.
  J. Phys. IV France. 1992-04-01. 02(C1) : C1-277-C1-280.
  10.1051/jp4:1992159
• Dissociation of pitch from timbre in auditory short-term memory.
  Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1991-05-01. 89(5) : 2404-2410.
  10.1121/1.400928
• Dissociation of pitch from timbre in auditory short-term memory.
  Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1991-05-01. 89(5) : 2404-2410.
  10.1121/1.400928
• The Upper Limit of “Musical” Pitch
  Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany.
  Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 1990-12-01. 8(2) : 165-175.
  10.2307/40285494
• Harmonic and melodic octave templates.
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1990-11-01. 88(5) : 2126-2135.
  10.1121/1.400109
• The effect of vibrato on the recognition of masked vowels.
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  Perception & Psychophysics. 1990-09-01. 48(5) : 436-444.
  10.3758/bf03211587
• Detection thresholds for sinusoidal frequency modulation.
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1989-03-01. 85(3) : 1295-1301.
  10.1121/1.397460
• Dichotic fusion of two tones one octave apart: evidence for internal octave templates.
  Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1988-02-01. 83(2) : 687-695.
  10.1121/1.396164
• Perceptual learning in frequency discrimination.
  Laurent Demany.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1985-09-01. 78(3) : 1118-1120.
  10.1121/1.393034
• Effet d’une différence d’intensité sur la précision des ajustements dans une tâche d’égalisation des hauteurs tonales de deux sons purs
  Laurent Demany, Hélène Lavenant.
  psy. 1985-01-01. 85(3) : 329-343.
  10.3406/psy.1985.29093
• The perceptual reality of tone chroma in early infancy.
  Laurent Demany, Françoise Armand.
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1984-07-01. 76(1) : 57-66.
  10.1121/1.391006
• Auditory stream segregation in infancy
  Laurent Demany.
  Infant Behavior and Development. 1982-01-01. 5(2-4) : 261-276.
  10.1016/s0163-6383(82)80036-2