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In the present experiment, auditory stream organization was investigated in the presence of perceptually restored continuity. It was found that auditory streaming processes tend to yield the same perceptual organization independently of the presence or absence of perceptual restoration. Other observations include the dominance of frequency proximity over trajectory as a perceptual organization principle, and the effect of harmonic enrichment on perceptual grouping.
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This research was supported by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to A. S. Bregman and was carried Out at the Speech and Hearing Laboratory of the McGill University Department of Psychology.
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Tougas, Y., Bregman, A.S. Auditory streaming and the continuity illusion. Perception & Psychophysics 47, 121–126 (1990). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03205976
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