Illusory sound texture reveals multi-second statistical completion in auditory scene analysis

Auditory textures are sounds defined by a particular statistical distribution, e.g. as is produced by rain, or a swarm of insects. Here, the authors describe a striking perceptual illusion in which sound textures are heard to continue, even though they have in fact been replaced by white noise.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Richard McWalter, Josh H. McDermott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12893-0