Catherine Semal

Team: Motor control and cognition (Mococo)
University Teacher- Researcher  |  Université de Bordeaux


Publications

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

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

10.1016/j.heares.2021.108213

Is Stress State an Important Factor in the BCI-P300 Speller Performance?
Liliana Garcia, Maud Zak, Celestin Grenier, Solene Hanrio, Dorine Henry, Romain Randriamanantena, Catherine Semal, Jean Marc Andre, Veronique Lespinet-Najib, Ricardo Ron-Angevin
Advances in Computational Intelligence. 2019-01-01

10.1007/978-3-030-20521-8_37

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10.1007/s10162-014-0455-y

On the perception of affect in the singing voice: a study of acoustic cues.
Pauline Mouawad, Myriam Desainte-Catherine, Anne Gégout-Petit, Catherine Semal
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2014-01-01

10.1007/978-3-319-12976-1_7

No Need for Templates in the Auditory Enhancement Effect.
Samuele Carcagno, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany
PLoS ONE. 2013-06-27

10.1371/journal.pone.0067874

The perceptual enhancement of tones by frequency shifts.
Laurent Demany, Samuele Carcagno, Catherine Semal
Hearing Research. 2013-04-01

10.1016/j.heares.2013.01.016

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

10.1037/a0030095

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

10.1007/978-1-4614-1590-9_20

Auditory enhancement of increments in spectral amplitude stems from more than one source.
Samuele Carcagno, Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany
JARO. 2012-07-06

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

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

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

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

10.1037/a0020368

Fundamental differences in change detection between vision and audition.
Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal, Jean-René Cazalets, Daniel Pressnitzer
Exp Brain Res. 2010-04-06

10.1007/s00221-010-2226-2

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

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

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

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

10.1121/1.2902177

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

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

10.1121/1.2357708

Pitch perception and retention: two cumulative benefits of selective attention.
Laurent Demany, Gaspard Montandon, Catherine Semal
Perception & Psychophysics. 2004-05-01

10.3758/BF03194905

Limits of rhythm perception.
Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A. 2002-04-01

10.1080/02724980143000406

Learning to perceive pitch differences.
Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2002-03-01

10.1121/1.1445791

Memory for pitch versus memory for loudness.
Sylvain Clément, Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1999-11-01

10.1121/1.428106

Pitch perception: a difference between right- and left-handed listeners.
Virginie Laguitton, Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal, Catherine Liégeois-Chauvel
Neuropsychologia. 1998-03-01

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

10.1016/s0028-3932(97)00122-x

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

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

10.1121/1.416298

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

10.1121/1.408159

Detection of inharmonicity in dichotic pure-tone dyads.
Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal
Hearing Research. 1992-08-01

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

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

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

10.1121/1.400928

Harmonic and melodic octave templates.
Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1990-11-01

10.1121/1.400109

The effect of vibrato on the recognition of masked vowels.
Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal
Perception & Psychophysics. 1990-09-01

10.3758/bf03211587

Detection thresholds for sinusoidal frequency modulation.
Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1989-03-01

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

10.1121/1.396164

Early development in mice. IV. Age at disappearance of the rooting response: genetic analysis in newborn mice.
Pierre L. Roubertoux, Laurence Baumann, Sylvie Ragueneau, Catherine Semal
Behav Genet. 1987-09-01

10.1007/bf01073112

Early development in mice: II. Sensory motor behavior and genetic analysis.
Pierre Roubertoux, Catherine Semal, Sylvie Ragueneau
Physiology & Behavior. 1985-11-01

10.1016/0031-9384(85)90393-2

Differences in patterns of pup care in mice. V--Pup ultrasonic emissions and pup care behavior.
C COHENSALMON, M CARLIER, P ROUBERTOUX, J JOUHANEAU, C SEMAL, M PAILLETTE
Physiology & Behavior. 1985-08-01

10.1016/0031-9384(85)90331-2