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In two reproduction experiments, limitations of a hierarchical organization of temporal patterns were investigated by varying the way lower levels relate to higher levels in the hierarchy. From the systematic errors subjects made in reproducing temporal patterns, it is concluded that an accurate internal representation will be arrived at only if the temporal structure of a pattern enables an organization in which hierarchical levels relate as integers with prime factors 2 or 3. Implications for the temporal pattern perception theory are discussed.
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The research reported here was supported by a grant from the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (ZWO) and was carried out at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Essens, P.J. Hierarchical organization of temporal patterns. Perception & Psychophysics 40, 69–73 (1986). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208185
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208185