Whether spectral adaptation dynamics are purely peripheral remains experimentally unresolved

Evidence

However, the results of onset and recovery measurements are somewhat controversial (Cardozo, 1967; Viemeister, 1980; Wilson, 1970). Therefore, the extent to which the measured temporal dynamics of adaptation are compatible with processing only in the periphery is not clear. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1253