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Plack, C.J., Oxenham, A.J. (2005). The Psychophysics of Pitch. In: Plack, C.J., Fay, R.R., Oxenham, A.J., Popper, A.N. (eds) Pitch. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 24. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28958-5_2
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