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The use of electronic bandpass filtering for content-masking speech samples in studies on expressive aspects of vocal behavior is discussed. A simple electronic filtering system, which can be built easily and which can be adopted readily for a variety of applications, is described.
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Preparation of this report and some of the work described herein was supported by Research Grants GS-1741 and GS-2654 from the Division of Social Sciences of the National Science Foundation.
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Rogers, P.L., Schererf, K.R. & Rosenthal, R. Content filtering human speech: A simple electronic system. Behav. Res. Meth. & Instru. 3, 16–18 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208115
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