Temporal masking makes silence following a sound seem shorter

Evidence

It is also clear that the longer perceptual duration of the burst tone relative to silence is related to the time-masking phenomenon. The silence immediately after the burst is masked, as shown in Figure 10.18, which makes the silence appear shorter than it actually is. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1192

Categorization

• QUESTION: This asymmetry — perceived duration of burst vs. its following silence — seems relevant to speech rhythm and prosody perception. Worth chasing how masking theory extends to conversational turn-taking.