How Does the Extraction of Local and Global Auditory Regularities Vary with Context?

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 9; p. e107227
• Main Authors: Marti, Sébastien, Thibault, Louis, Dehaene, Stanislas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 08.09.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Acoustics; Adult; Attention - physiology; Auditory Perception - physiology; Auditory stimuli; Biology and Life Sciences; Brain; Consciousness; Female; Humans; Male; Medical imaging; Memory; Photic Stimulation; Regularity; Sensory integration; Sound; Violations; Visual stimuli; Visual tasks; Young Adult; France

How does the human brain extract regularities from its environment? There is evidence that short range or 'local' regularities (within seconds) are automatically detected by the brain while long range or 'global' regularities (over tens of seconds or more) require conscious aware...