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Perception of Temporal Patterns Dirk-Jan Povel Peter Essens University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands Overview Nature of Temporal Patterns The Model Experiments Experiment 1 – Prediction Experiment 2 – Internal Clock Experiment 3 – Double Sequences Conclusion and Future Work Special Nature of Temporal Patterns Comprise a special class of serial patterns -Collard Povel, 1982 -Deutsch Feroe, 1981 -Leeuwenberg, 1969 -Restle, 1970 -Simon, 1972 Symmetry is not perceived -Mach, 1886 -Restle, 1976 Do not form alphabets -Coding models using in serial patterns can’t use in temporal patterns The Model Internal Clock Absolute clock Unit derived from the sequence Hierarchical clock Unit (interval between ticks) Location (synchronization) The Model (cont.) Accent Isolated tones The second tone of a cluster of two tones The initial and final tones of a three or more tones cluster The Model (cont.) Best Clock C: amount of counterevidence ev: accented event, 0ev: unaccented event, -ev: silent event C = (W* -ev) + (1* 0ev) Sets of patterns The Model (cont.) Coding the temporal structure S : If clock unit is subdivided into equal intervals E : If clock unit is empty N - N : If clock unit is subdivided in unequal length Experiment 1 35 sequences from the combination 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 (5 from each of seven categories) Reproduce these sequence by 24 subjects Experiment 2 20 sequences and same subjects from the previous experiment Reproduce the sequence after hearing a patterned sequence Experiment 3 12 pairs of two double sequences Compare each pair of sequences by 25 subjects Conclusion and Future Work A given temporal pattern will be poorly reproduced (Expt.1, Expt.2) or be judged (Expt.3) when either no internal clock is induced or the coding is complex. The internal representation of a pattern completely depends on the clock which is internally induced. Clock-selection mechanism Further analyze in coding characteristics Determine the contribution of decoding in the