title: Do conjunction errors in auditory recognition imply feature migration?
abstract: It has recently been proposed that the feature values (e.g., pitch, duration, etc.) of tones are processed in separate perceptual channels and are later reintegrated to form the experience of a unitary percept. Patterns of errors in recognizing combinations of auditory features have been taken as failures of, and thus evidence for, an auditory feature-integration process. We outline an alternative interpretation of these effects based on similarity structure of the stimuli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. randy@nets.psyc.queensu.ca
authors.forename: Randall K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: William Forde
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Lola L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Cuddy
authors.forename: D J K
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mewhort
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010898:Pitch Perception; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D021641:Recognition, Psychology