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Figure 4: Groups of tones consists of 2, 4, 8, 16 and then 32 cycles, separated by silence.
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The auditory system tends to wait and only gradually increase the tendency for streams to segregate.

In this example, listen to how tendency towards segregation builds during the cycle, and then dissipates during silences.

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``Music 175: Auditory Streaming'' by Tamara Smyth, Department of Music, University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
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