What is it about?
How good are we in detecting tiny time deviations in otherwise regular 5-pulse sequences (XXXXX)? Findings showed that irregularities were least noticed if they occurred in the last gap of the sequence (XXXX_X), and particularly so, if it expanded rather than shrunk the gap. In this brief report we conjecture about possible reasons for this.
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Why is it important?
Research typically focuses on the size of time deviations rather than their location within a sequence. This overlooks critical components of possible Gestalt grouping or attention-related effects. We believe that our brief report will open venue for further investigation of Gestalt versus attention-based explanations. From an applied point of view, this might also allow us to predict which time violating moments in a musical performance may go less detected by an audience.
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I think what I most like in this article is its link to a line of research that dates back to a beautiful article from 1894. Part of it was also inspired by an intricate rhythmic pattern found in Turkish (and Balkan) music called "aksak rhythm" that also had intrigued Bela Bartok for that matter.
Dr. Esra Mungan
Bogazici University
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This page is a summary of: Some Time Violations Go Less Noticed: Gestalt Grouping? A Brief Report, Timing & Time Perception, November 2020, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/22134468-bja10010.
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