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Heather Moynihan Johnston1, Mari Riess Jones

  • 1Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. johnston.364@osu.edu

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance
|February 16, 2006
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Listeners extrapolate pitch patterns, misremembering sounds as continuing their implied motion. This representational momentum effect occurs for linear and periodic pitch changes, but not random ones.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Auditory Perception
  • Psychoacoustics

Background:

  • Representational momentum describes the tendency to perceive motion continuing beyond an object's actual endpoint.
  • This phenomenon has been observed in visual and auditory perception, suggesting a general predictive mechanism.
  • Previous research primarily focused on visual motion extrapolation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate representational momentum in the auditory domain using pitch variations.
  • To determine if listeners extrapolate coherent (linear, periodic) versus incoherent (null) pitch patterns.
  • To explore underlying mechanisms, including internalized physical principles and pattern-based expectations.

Main Methods:

  • Five pitch discrimination experiments were conducted.

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  • Participants listened to tone sequences implying linear, periodic, or null pitch motion.
  • Listeners judged if a probe tone's pitch matched the final tone of the sequence.

    • Main Results:

    • Listeners exhibited errors consistent with extrapolating linear and periodic pitch patterns.
    • No significant extrapolation errors were observed for sequences with null (random) pitch motion.
    • The findings indicate that predictive extrapolation is sensitive to the coherence of auditory patterns.

    Conclusions:

    • Representational momentum extends to auditory pitch perception, particularly for predictable patterns.
    • Results support hypotheses involving the brain's use of internalized physical principles and pattern recognition.
    • Auditory perception involves active prediction and extrapolation of coherent sequential information.