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Illusory recouplings of onsets and terminations of glide tone components.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11143453     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We present a new auditory illusion, the gap transfer illusion, supported by phenomenological and psychophysical data. In a typical situation, an ascending frequency glide of 2,500 msec with a temporal gap of 100 msec in the middle and a continuously descending frequency glide of 500 msec cross each other at their central positions. These glides move at the same constant speed in logarithmic frequency in opposite directions. The temporal gap in the long glide is perceived as if it were in the short glide. The same kind of subjective transfer of a temporal gap can take place also when the stimulus pattern is reversed in time. This phenomenon suggests that onsets and terminations of glide components behave as if they were independent perceptual elements. We also find that when two long frequency glides are presented successively with a short temporal overlap, a long glide tone covering the whole duration of the pattern and a short tone around the temporal middle can be perceived. To account for these results, we propose an event construction model, in which perceptual onsets and terminations are coupled to construct auditory events and the proximity principle connects these elements.
Authors:
Y Nakajima; T Sasaki; K Kanafuka; A Miyamoto; G Remijn; G ten Hoopen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Perception & psychophysics     Volume:  62     ISSN:  0031-5117     ISO Abbreviation:  Percept Psychophys     Publication Date:  2000 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-12-15     Completed Date:  2001-02-15     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0200445     Medline TA:  Percept Psychophys     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1413-25     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Acoustic Design, Kyushu Institute of Design, 4-9-1 Shiobaru, Minami-ku, Fukuoka 815-0032, Japan. nakajima@kyushu-id.ac.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Female
Humans
Illusions*
Male
Music*
Pitch Discrimination*
Psychoacoustics
Sound Spectrography
Time Perception*

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