Role of predictability of sequence in auditory stream segregation
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Perception & Psychophysics
- Vol. 46 (4) , 384-386
- https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03204992
Abstract
This study evaluates the role of item predictability in auditory temporal coherence. Thirteen normal-hearing subjects were required to hold together long tonal sequences as single strings of notes. Temporal and spectral predictability of successive notes in a sequence varied as a function of experimental condition. As the frequency separation of the notes in the sequence increased, the subjects found it more difficult to hold the sequence together as a single stream. There was no significant difference in subjects’ abilities in performing this task as a function of experimental condition. That is, the predictability of successive notes appeared not to have a role in temporal coherence.Keywords
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