Influence of rhythmic grouping on duration perception: a novel auditory illusion.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_8605A593748B
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Influence of rhythmic grouping on duration perception: a novel auditory illusion.
Journal
Plos One
Author(s)
Geiser E., Gabrieli J.D.
ISSN
1932-6203 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1932-6203
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
8
Number
1
Pages
e54273
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
This study investigated a potential auditory illusion in duration perception induced by rhythmic temporal contexts. Listeners with or without musical training performed a duration discrimination task for a silent period in a rhythmic auditory sequence. The critical temporal interval was presented either within a perceptual group or between two perceptual groups. We report the just-noticeable difference (difference limen, DL) for temporal intervals and the point of subjective equality (PSE) derived from individual psychometric functions based on performance of a two-alternative forced choice task. In musically untrained individuals, equal temporal intervals were perceived as significantly longer when presented between perceptual groups than within a perceptual group (109.25% versus 102.5% of the standard duration). Only the perceived duration of the between-group interval was significantly longer than its objective duration. Musically trained individuals did not show this effect. However, in both musically trained and untrained individuals, the relative difference limens for discriminating the comparison interval from the standard interval were larger in the between-groups condition than in the within-group condition (7.3% vs. 5.6% of the standard duration). Thus, rhythmic grouping affected sensitivity to duration changes in all listeners, with duration differences being harder to detect at boundaries of rhythm groups than within rhythm groups. Our results show for the first time that temporal Gestalt induces auditory duration illusions in typical listeners, but that musical experts are not susceptible to this effect of rhythmic grouping.
Keywords
Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Auditory Perception/physiology, Auditory Threshold, Female, Humans, Illusions/physiology, Male, Music, Periodicity, Pitch Discrimination/physiology, Time Factors, Young Adult
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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