title: Perceptual organization of onsets and offsets of sounds.
abstract: Several illusory phenomena in auditory perception are accounted for by using the event construction model presented by Nakajima et al. (2000) in order to explain the gap transfer illusion. This model assumes that onsets and offsets of sounds are detected perceptually as if they were independent auditory elements. They are connected to one another according to the proximity principle to constitute auditory events. This model seems to contribute to a general cross-modal theory of perception where the idea of edge integration plays an important role. Potential directions in which we can connect the present paradigm with speech perception are indicated, and possibilities to improve artificial auditory environments are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acoustic Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, 4-9-1 Shio-baru, Minami-ku, Fukuoka 815-8540, Japan. nakajima@design.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Gerard B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Remijn
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D013016:Sound; D013065:Speech Intelligibility / Q000502:physiology