METRICAL AND NONMETRICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF TEMPORAL PATTERNS
METRICAL AND NONMETRICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF TEMPORAL PATTERNS
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DOI:
10.3758/bf03207132
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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POVEL, DJ
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作者:
ESSENS, PJ;POVEL, DJ
Temporal patterns can be classified into 2 types: those that are conceivable in terms of a metrical framework and those that are not. In this context, a metrical framework is seen as a mental time scale used in specifying the temporal structure of a pattern. Three experiments are reported in which subjects produced or reproduced temporal patterns. The 1st shows that in spontaneous production subjects use intervals whose durations are in a 2:1 ratio, irrespective of the structure of the pattern. From the 2 other experiments, in which subjects reproduced temporal patterns with varying interval ratios, it is concluded that: patterns not conceivable in a metrical framework are represented (and consequently reproduced) poorly, unless the intervals are 2:1 related, and patterns conceivable in a metrical framework are represented and reproduced accurately. Implications for a theory of temporal patterns are discussed.