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Subjects synchronized their taps with each isochronous pulse train in a polyrhythmic superposition of two conflicting pulse trains (the 2 by 3 and the 3 by 4). Perception of each isochronous pulse train depends on the presentation rates. At fast presentation rates, each pulse train could be perceived as a separate stream, organized by the frequency similarity principle. At slow presentation rates, the perception of a pulse train interferes with the other pulse train; it depends on other factors such as interval duration, frequency, and position of the elements in the polyrhythmic structure. These data are consonant with the phenomenon of "steam segregation."
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Beauvillain, C. Auditory perception of dissonant polyrhythms. Perception & Psychophysics 34, 585–592 (1983). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03205915
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