Classic Illusions of Auditory Time Perception

Hoopen, Gert ten

doi:10.1618/jhes.11.27

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“…We have not attempted a model comparison with other theories of these effects; we know of none that covers this range of phenomena. There are many illusions (Eagleman, 2008; ten Hoopen, 2008) and consternations (Matthews & Meck, 2014) with which we have not dealt, including different results when different experimental methods are employed—although we do explain the differences between discrimination, and methods of limits and adjustment, in the latter of which the stimulus adjusted is subject to both shortening and lengthening pressures. We have not cited many important contributors to this literature.…”

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A trace theory of time perception.

Killeen

Grondin

2022

Psychological Review

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Many comparisons involve sequentially presented stimuli, as perforce the case in comparisons of temporal intervals. Interactions of such stimuli are as inevitable as the spatial interactions that yield color and brightness contrast. A memory-trace theory of perception (TToP) is developed and applied to time perception. Duration is estimated based on the memorial strength of the stimuli that signal the initiation of an interval at the time of its termination. Memorial persistence depends on modality and character of the signals, which condition the response to them. When the constant difference limen on the memorial continuum is back-translated to the temporal one it yields a generalized Weber function. Memory traces interact as a function of generalization gradients: Memories of stimuli that are similar enough are aggregated—feature-bound—some veridically, others as illusory conjunctions. The resulting representations may then be judged in a discrimination paradigm, or translated back to the physical domain as reproductions of the intervals. The presentation of a standard stimulus affects the perception of the comparison stimulus, warping the ruler by which it is measured. Complementary effects are predicted for discrimination and adjustment paradigms. Thus configured, the TToP accounts for multiple special effects, variously referred to as distortions, anomalies, and illusions, that are observed with classical psychophysical methods: Scalar and nonscalar timing, modality effects, time-order errors, masking, time warping, lengthening, and Vierordt’s law. Similar processes affect the perception of nontemporal stimuli whenever they are presented in sequential proximity to one another.

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A trace theory of time perception.

Killeen

Grondin

2022

Psychological Review

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“…As is the case for the perception of sensory stimuli, time perception will sometimes result from a contribution of topdown processes (a taking-into-account process, to use Helmholtz terminology), and the specific parameters (organization in time) of sensory stimuli marking time intervals will sometimes lead to illusions, i.e., an impression that something is there (occurred at a given moment, in the case of time; see for example ten Hoopen et al, 2008; for the description of the time-shrinking illusion) when it is not. Illusions are indeed neither a mirage, nor a hallucination; it simply shows the normal functioning of the brain.…”

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confidence: 99%