title: Evidence for a spatial bias in the perception of sequences of brief tones.
abstract: Listeners are unable to report the physical order of particular sequences of brief tones. This phenomenon of temporal dislocation depends on tone durations and frequencies. The current study empirically shows that it also depends on the spatial location of the tones. Dichotically testing a three-tone sequence showed that the central tone tends to be reported as the first or the last element when it is perceived as part of a left-to-right motion. Since the central-tone dislocation does not occur for right-to-left sequences of the same tones, this indicates that there is a spatial bias in the perception of sequences.
authors: Università Iuav di Venezia, Dipartimento Culture del Progetto, 30123 Venice, Italy. roc@iuav.it
authors: Davide
authors: D
authors: Rocchesso
authors: Guillaume
authors: G
authors: Lemaitre
authors: Massimo
authors: M
authors: Grassi
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D046709:Pattern Recognition, Physiological; D010898:Pitch Perception; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D013997:Time Factors; D013998:Time Perception; D055815:Young Adult