Sequential aspects of auditory patterns
Ira J. Hirsh · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1975
Underlying considerations for analysis of sequential properties of sound patterns are outlined. First, certain sequential properties may provide the basis for stating gestaltlike principles of organization in acoustic patterns. Second, listeners' performance may be used to adduce properties of the auditory system beyond those of peripheral processing, and yet short of those characteristic of memory. Third, examples of sequential aspects in the messages of music and of speech can serve both to illustrate application of perceptual principles, and to permit possible separation between effects typical of human auditory systems generally and those that depend on learning. [Supported by a grant from NINDS.]