Change detection in statistical sounds relies on predicting statistics rather than exact occurrences

Evidence

Detecting relevant changes in auditory textures is hence complicated due to the lack of deterministic spectrotemporal predictability, and instead relies on the prediction of stimulus statistics (and their dynamics). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 3286

Categorization

• XREF: Directly addresses the reader’s stated interest in how normal hearing cognition handles uncertain, changeful acoustic scenes.