Abstract
Pairs of stimulus attributes, such as color and orientation, that are normally uncorrelated in the real world are generally perceived independently; that is, the perception of color is usually uninfluenced by orientation and vice versa. Yet this independence can be altered by relatively brief exposure to artificially correlated stimuli, as has been shown for vision1. Here we report an analogous contingent aftereffect in the auditory system that can persist for four hours after the initial adaptation.
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We thank S. Lee, G. Stjepanovic and J. Qiu for participating in the experiments as subjects. This research was supported by a NSERC grant (Canada) to M.S.C.
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Dong, CJ., Swindale, N. & Cynader, M. A contingent aftereffect in the auditory system. Nat Neurosci 2, 863–865 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/13161
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