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Ricardo -> RE: New Research on Hearing Silence (Jul. 24 2023 16:44:24)
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ORIGINAL: machopicasso
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I don’t get it. They play two short silences then a longer one, and then admit they are “the same length”.
The point is not that the longer silence is equal in length to the two short silences combined. Rather, it's that people typically perceive the first as being longer than the latter, despite the equal length. That's the perceptual illusion that they claim occurs, regardless of whether the segments consist of sounds or silence.
The “first” what? As Richard said, the entire sequence including the intermittent noise stab. Yet they don’t define that…they deliberately don’t because they want people to think the big reveal is TIME DURATION discrepancy. It is the worst “science” I have ever seen. A simple test has been done where the click is muted but is still going and people need to keep the tempo solid for a certain time duration and come back on the beat. It is challenging and the typical error is rushing the space. (Anticipation) Vs dragging the tempo (coming in late). It turns out the people that drag are likely better at rhythm and groove things than the rushing group. And of course the rare minority has perfect tempo and nails it every time. Musicians deliberately work to improve this. All the hearing test above is doing is rediscovering this same phenomenon with a none music example. It has NOTHING to do with “silence” but the perception of time, even when repeating noise is occurring.
If instead they didn’t talk about silence at all and asked the question first “is the second sequence longer/shorter duration, or are they the same?”, which is how a science question should be posed, then I would be tracking time by the feeling. And again you would see the same or similar stats as with the click example.
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