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Music psychology

an illusion in which alternating high and low tones an octave apart, played to opposite ears, are heard as a single tone switching between ears.

In music psychology, octave illusion refers to an illusion in which alternating high and low tones an octave apart, played to opposite ears, are heard as a single tone switching between ears. This meaning comes from Deutsch (1974) in Nature.[1]

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Deutsch, D. (1974). An auditory illusion. Nature, 251(5473), 307-309. https://doi.org/10.1038/251307a0

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