The Role of Memory in Auditory Perception

Abstract

Sound sources produce physical entities that, by definition, are extended in time. Moreover, whereas a visual stimulus lasting only 1 ms can provide very rich information, that is not the case for a 1-ms sound. Humans are indeed used to processing much longer acoustic entities. In view of this, it is natural to think that “memory” (in the broadest sense) must play a crucial role in the processing of information provided by sound sources. However,...