Auditory scene analysis (ASA) refers to the process (es) of parsing the complex acoustic
input into auditory perceptual objects representing either physical sources or temporal …

Multistability in perception is a powerful tool for investigating sensory–perceptual
transformations, because it produces dissociations between sensory inputs and subjective …

The ability to parse sound mixtures into coherent auditory objects is fundamental to cognitive
functions, such as speech comprehension and language acquisition. Yet, we still lack a …

Multistable perception occurs in all sensory modalities, and there is ongoing theoretical
debate about whether there are overarching mechanisms driving multistability across …

Perceptual bistability—the spontaneous, irregular fluctuation of perception between two
interpretations of a stimulus—occurs when observing a large variety of ambiguous stimulus …

Chapter 4 ended with the remark that the formation of an auditory unit can be strongly
affected by sound components that precede and follow that auditory unit. This chapter …

It is a widely held assumption that the brain performs perceptual inference by combining
sensory information with prior expectations, weighted by their uncertainty. A distinction can …

Grouping distinct, temporally separated sounds is assumed to follow Gestalt principles, such
as similarity or proximity. In the auditory streaming paradigm, the probability of perceiving all …

In perceptual multi-stability, perception stochastically switches between alternative
interpretations of the stimulus allowing examination of perceptual experience independent …

This thesis advances the understanding of creativity by exploring its connection with sensory
perception, particularly through divergent perception, a concept that extends beyond …