Effect of silence between tones on auditory stream segregation
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TL;DR
The present experiment showed that in adjusting tone durations for stream segregation thresholds, subjects simply compensated for increased gap duration, keeping the total time (tone duration plus gap duration) constant.
Abstract
The present study investigates the effect on auditory stream segregation of the duration of silent gaps between items of a repeating sequence of sine tone stimuli. While previous investigators had shown that gaps reduced the tendency for items to segregate, the present experiment showed that this was not the case; rather, in adjusting tone durations for stream segregation thresholds, subjects simply compensated for increased gap duration, keeping the total time (tone duration plus gap duration) constant. Subject Classification: [43]65.75, [43]65.54, [43]65.68.