Abstract
Previous research has shown that increasing the number of intervals in an isochronous tone sequence reduces tempo discrimination thresholds [C. Drake and M. Botte, Percept. Psychophys. 54, 277–286 (1993)]. One question that arises is whether increased tempo sensitivity in this instance is attributed to multiple looks at the standard interval, comparison interval, or both. The present study addressed this question by examining tempo discrimination using isochronous tone sequences that contained variable numbers of standard and comparison intervals. In all cases, participants judged the tempo of the comparison sequence relative to a standard sequence (responding faster or slower). Preliminary results suggest that in some cases increases in tempo sensitivity are more due to repetitions of the comparison interval than to repetitions of the standard. The implications of these findings for theories of auditory tempo discrimination will be discussed.
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