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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.
Guttman et al. (Mon,) studied this question.