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Perceptual Coherence : Hearing and Seeing

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Figure 4.11. Continued<br />

The Transition Between Noise <strong>and</strong> Structure 171<br />

pattern could be generated by rotation, creating concentric flow lines,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the second by expansion, generating radial flow lines. If the dots in<br />

both patterns have identical energy (i.e., roughly size × contrast), then it is<br />

impossible to see both patterns. If the energy of one pattern is reduced, then<br />

the more energetic pattern is perceived easily while the weaker pattern can<br />

be perceived by focused attention. 7<br />

The most interesting outcomes occur when comparing single Glass patterns<br />

composed of dots with different energy levels to superimposed Glass<br />

7. A similar breakdown of the perceived structure occurs if two iterated rippled noise<br />

stimuli with different delays are added together. For example, if one stimulus is constructed<br />

with a delay of 10 ms (a pitch of 100 Hz) <strong>and</strong> a second is constructed with a delay of 8 ms (a<br />

pitch of 125 Hz), the tonal percept is destroyed. The tonal percept is maintained only when the<br />

delays are multiples (2/4/8 ms) so that the pitches would be harmonically related (H<strong>and</strong>el &<br />

Patterson, 2000).

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