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Frequency modulation detection performance is compared in two conditions of stimulus variability. The data show that when the modulation rate is randomized within an experimental block, performance is somewhat poorer than when the modulation rate is fixed. The results are interpreted within the framework of a template matching model for modulation detection. They suggest that a template is acquired in part from experimental context and in part from a multistage template matching process.
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Hartmann, W.M., Klein, M.A. The effect of uncertainty on the detection of frequency modulation at low modulation rates. Perception & Psychophysics 30, 417–424 (1981). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204837
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