Similarity-Based Restoration of Metrical Information: Different Listening Experiences Result in Different Perceptual Inferences

Autor/in	Creel, Sarah C.
Titel	Similarity-Based Restoration of Metrical Information: Different Listening Experiences Result in Different Perceptual Inferences
Quelle	In: Cognitive Psychology, 65 (2012) 2, S.321-351 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0285
DOI	10.1016/j.cogpsych.2012.04.004
Schlagwörter	Cues; Familiarity; Musical Instruments; Measurement Equipment; Inferences; Memory; Experiments; Auditory Stimuli; Listening Skills; Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Musikinstrument; Messinstrument; Inference; Inferenz; Gedächtnis; Erprobung; Auditive Stimulation; Wahrnehmung
Abstract	How do perceivers apply knowledge to instances they have never experienced before? On one hand, listeners might use idealized representations that do not contain specific details. On the other, they might recognize and process information based on more detailed memory representations. The current study examined the latter possibility with respect to musical meter perception, previously thought to be computed based on highly-idealized (isochronous) internal representations. In six experiments, listeners heard sets of metrically-ambiguous melodies. Each melody was played in a simultaneous musical context with unambiguous metrical cues (3/4 or 6/8). Cross-melody similarity was manipulated by pairing certain cues--timbre (musical instrument) and motif content (2-6-note patterns)--with each meter, or distributing cues across meters. After multiple exposures, listeners heard each melody without context, and judged metrical continuations (all Experiments) or familiarity (Experiments 5-6). Responses were assessed for "metrical restoration"--the tendency to make metrical judgments that fit the melody's previously-heard metrical context. Cross-melody similarity affected the presence and degree of metrical restoration, and timbre affected familiarity. Results suggest that metrical processing may be calculated based on fairly detailed representations rather than idealized isochronous pulses, and is dissociated somewhat from familiarity judgments. Implications for theories of meter perception are discussed. (Contains 11 tables and 8 figures.) (As Provided).
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