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The present experiments looked at the effect of a number of variables on the tendency of an element of a complex tone to either fuse with the other elements of the tone or be “pulled out” into a “horizontal,” temporal stream. It was found that such factors as the intensity relationship of the elements of the complex tone, the frequency of the tone being pulled out, and various factors producing temporal asynchronies between elements of the complex, all affect the tendency for either fusion or streaming to occur.
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This research was supported by grants from the National Research Council of Canada and the St. Francis Xavier University Council for Research, awarded to the first author, and by grants from the National Research Council of Canada, the F.C.A.C. program of the Quebec Ministry of Education, and the McGill University Graduate Faculty, awarded to the second author.
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Dannenbring, G.L., Bregman, A.S. Streaming vs. fusion of sinusoidal components of complex tones. Perception & Psychophysics 24, 369–376 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204255
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