PMID: 12786108Jun 6, 2003Paper

Zwicker tone illusion and noise reduction in the auditory system

Physical Review Letters
Jan-Moritz P FranoschJ Leo van Hemmen

Abstract

The Zwicker tone is an auditory aftereffect. For instance, after switching off a broadband noise with a spectral gap, one perceives it as a lingering pure tone with the pitch in the gap. It is a unique illusion in that it cannot be explained by known properties of the auditory periphery alone. Here we introduce a neuronal model explaining the Zwicker tone. We show that a neuronal noise-reduction mechanism in conjunction with dominantly unilateral inhibition explains the effect. A pure tone's "hole burning" in noisy surroundings is given as an illustration.

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Jan 19, 2010·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Hidehiko OkamotoChristo Pantev
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