Lower Limits of Auditory Periodicity Analysis
Newman Guttman, Béla Julesz · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1963
Tests utilizing an iterated, uninterrupted section of random noise disclose that periodicity (iteration) is easily detectable to about 1 cps and detectable with especial difficulty below 0.5 cps. Frequencies bounding regions of perception of pitch, motorboating, and whooshing are specified as 19, 4, and 1 cps, respectively.