The memory of noise.

@article{citeulike:292962, abstract = {The memory of auditory random waveforms (i.e., noise) is a special case of auditory memory for sensory information. Five experiments are reported that evaluate the dynamics of this storage system as well as interactions with new input. Periodic waveforms can be discriminated from uncorrelated noise by naive listeners up to a cycle length of 20 s, with the major decline in performance between 5 and 10 s. Even single repetitions of a piece of the waveform can be detected up to a stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) of 6 s. The capacity of this storage system is limited to a few items of, in total, a few hundred milliseconds length. Within this capacity, however, items do not interfere strongly. These results are compatible with the view that auditory sensory memory is a modality-specific module of short-term memory.}, address = {Institute for Experimental Psychology, University of Leipzig, Germany. chris@kaernbach.de}, author = {Kaernbach, C.}, citeulike-article-id = {292962}, issn = {1618-3169}, journal = {Exp Psychol}, keywords = {memory, noise, sound}, number = {4}, pages = {240--248}, posted-at = {2005-08-16 05:57:57}, priority = {2}, title = {The memory of noise.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15620225}, volume = {51}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:292962 L3 - citeulike-article-id:292962 N2 - The memory of auditory random waveforms (i.e., noise) is a special case of auditory memory for sensory information. Five experiments are reported that evaluate the dynamics of this storage system as well as interactions with new input. Periodic waveforms can be discriminated from uncorrelated noise by naive listeners up to a cycle length of 20 s, with the major decline in performance between 5 and 10 s. Even single repetitions of a piece of the waveform can be detected up to a stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) of 6 s. The capacity of this storage system is limited to a few items of, in total, a few hundred milliseconds length. Within this capacity, however, items do not interfere strongly. These results are compatible with the view that auditory sensory memory is a modality-specific module of short-term memory. IS - 4 JF - Exp Psychol SN - 1618-3169 AD - Institute for Experimental Psychology, University of Leipzig, Germany. chris@kaernbach.de EP - 248 TI - The memory of noise. VL - 51 SP - 240 KW - memory KW - noise KW - sound AU - Kaernbach, C PY - 2004/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15620225 ER -