An auditory model of the role of short-term memory in probe-tone ratings

Journal/Book: Music Percept. 2000; 17: C/O Journals Division 2000 Center St, Ste 303, Berkeley, CA 94704-1223, USA. Univ Calif Press. 481-509.

Abstract: Auditory modeling is used to investigate the role of short-term memory in probe-tone experiments. A framework for auditory modeling is first defined, based on a distinction between auditory images, processes, and stimulus-driven inferences. Experiments I and II of the probe-tone experiments described by C. Krumhansl and E. Kessler (1982) are simulated. The results show that a short-term memory model, working on echoic images of periodicity pitch, may account for the probe-tone ratings. The simulations challenge the claim that probe-tone experiments provide evidence that listeners familiar with Western music have abstracted tonal hierarchies in a long-term memory.

Note: Article Leman M, State Univ Ghent, Dept Mus, IPEM, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Ghent, BELGIUM

Keyword(s): MUSIC COGNITION; RARE INTERVALS; PERCEPTION; HIERARCHIES; TONALITY; CONTEXT; PITCH

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