Laurent Demany

Team: Motor control and cognition (Mococo)
Researcher  |  PhD (DR)  |  CNRS


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

Controlling audibility with noise for online experiments using sound
Rodrigue Bravard, Laurent Demany, Daniel Pressnitzer
JASA Express Letters. 2023-06-01

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

10.1016/j.heares.2021.108213

The Role of Memory in Auditory Perception
Laurent Demany, Catherine Semal
Auditory Perception of Sound Sources.

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

10.1007/978-1-4614-1590-9_15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An evaluation of psychophysical models of auditory change perception.
Christophe Micheyl, Christian Kaernbach, Laurent Demany
Psychological Review. 2008-01-01

10.1037/a0013572

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Modulation Detection by Normal and Hearing-impaired Listeners
Stéphane Lacher-Fougère, Laurent Demany
Int J Audiol. 1998-01-01

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Upper Limit of "Musical" Pitch
Catherine Semal, Laurent Demany
Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 1990-12-01

10.2307/40285494

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

Perceptual learning in frequency discrimination.
Laurent Demany
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 1985-09-01

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

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

10.1121/1.391006

Auditory stream segregation in infancy
Laurent Demany
Infant Behavior and Development. 1982-01-01

10.1016/s0163-6383(82)80036-2

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