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Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research 3/2009

01-05-2009 | Original Article

“Octave illusion” or “Deutsch’s illusion”?

Auteurs: Alfredo Brancucci, Caterina Padulo, Luca Tommasi

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 3/2009

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Abstract

The “Deutsch’s illusion” occurs in most people when a dichotic pair of tones spaced an octave apart is presented repeatedly in alternation, so that when the right ear receives the high tone, the left ear receives the low tone, and vice versa. The illusory percept consists typically in a single low tone heard at one ear alternating with a single high tone heard at the other ear. Here, we investigate whether the frequency interval between the tones and their duration play a role in the perception of the illusion. By testing 74 subjects we demonstrate that the illusion is not confined to tones spaced an octave apart but it is perceivable also with tones separated by a major seventh, a minor ninth, a major ninth, and a minor tenth. Regarding duration, the present results show that the illusion is stronger with tones lasting 500 than 200 ms. The present results suggest that the perceptual mechanisms at the basis of the illusion are not strictly linked to the frequency relationships between the dichotic tones.
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Metagegevens
Titel
“Octave illusion” or “Deutsch’s illusion”?
Auteurs
Alfredo Brancucci
Caterina Padulo
Luca Tommasi
Publicatiedatum
01-05-2009
Uitgeverij
Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in
Psychological Research / Uitgave 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-008-0153-7

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