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For one of my classes, I'm running a mini psychology experiment on an auditory illusion called the Tritone Paradox, developed by Diana Deutsch.
It takes 25 minutes, involves listening to a ton of pairs of tones (25 minutes' worth, in fact!), and deciding which sounds higher. However - these are specially designed tones (called Shepard's tones) that are made to not sound higher/lower. And - even if some sound really obvious to you, they may sound different to someone else (even if you are a professional musician!).
So - if you want to participate...
The sound files are here.
The first of them (#14) isn't necessary - it has the introduction by Diana Deutsch, and six practice pairs. The next four sound files must be played in order and completely, and contain the actual tones for the experiment.
The form to record your answers is here, or you can just open Notepad and type them there.
I am interested in if the second tone of each pair sounds higher or lower. If the second tone sounds higher, in the square/space I'll indicate, draw an arrow pointing up. If the second tone sounds lower, draw an arrow pointing down.
If you use the form provided: Start in the upper left-hand corner, and go down the first column. At the end of that column (after the 12th tone pair), there will be a 30 second pause. Then, start again at the top of column two, and repeat.
If you use notepad: Use "u" instead of an arrow pointing up, and "d" instead of an arrow pointing down. The answers still need to be in columns - so the first 12 sets of tones create one column, and then start at the top again for the next column. There will eventually be 16 columns.
Then, once you're done with that, check out this site here.
When you first see her, does the girl appear to be spinning clockwise, or counter-clockwise? This is an optical illusion, and it is possible to see her spinning both ways - I'm only interested in which way she first appears to be spinning. Mark that on the form, as well as your gender, and if you are right- or left-handed.
Then email these answers to me (alphanod@gmail.com). I would prefer if you did not post them in this thread, because otherwise your answers may bias those of anyone else who sees them. This is a very subjective test, and easy to manipulate how others respond.
Unfortunately, it didn't occur to me to seek help from the forums until just now, and I need all of this data as soon as possible, but with an absolute final deadline of 11am PST tomorrow (Sunday, March 9).
It takes 25 minutes, involves listening to a ton of pairs of tones (25 minutes' worth, in fact!), and deciding which sounds higher. However - these are specially designed tones (called Shepard's tones) that are made to not sound higher/lower. And - even if some sound really obvious to you, they may sound different to someone else (even if you are a professional musician!).
So - if you want to participate...
The sound files are here.
The first of them (#14) isn't necessary - it has the introduction by Diana Deutsch, and six practice pairs. The next four sound files must be played in order and completely, and contain the actual tones for the experiment.
The form to record your answers is here, or you can just open Notepad and type them there.
I am interested in if the second tone of each pair sounds higher or lower. If the second tone sounds higher, in the square/space I'll indicate, draw an arrow pointing up. If the second tone sounds lower, draw an arrow pointing down.
If you use the form provided: Start in the upper left-hand corner, and go down the first column. At the end of that column (after the 12th tone pair), there will be a 30 second pause. Then, start again at the top of column two, and repeat.
If you use notepad: Use "u" instead of an arrow pointing up, and "d" instead of an arrow pointing down. The answers still need to be in columns - so the first 12 sets of tones create one column, and then start at the top again for the next column. There will eventually be 16 columns.
Then, once you're done with that, check out this site here.
When you first see her, does the girl appear to be spinning clockwise, or counter-clockwise? This is an optical illusion, and it is possible to see her spinning both ways - I'm only interested in which way she first appears to be spinning. Mark that on the form, as well as your gender, and if you are right- or left-handed.
Then email these answers to me (alphanod@gmail.com). I would prefer if you did not post them in this thread, because otherwise your answers may bias those of anyone else who sees them. This is a very subjective test, and easy to manipulate how others respond.
Unfortunately, it didn't occur to me to seek help from the forums until just now, and I need all of this data as soon as possible, but with an absolute final deadline of 11am PST tomorrow (Sunday, March 9).
<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.
<TRON> if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCALATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
Also, this.
<TRON> if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCALATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
Also, this.
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