Abstract: The authors reviewed the history of research work on musical illusions, and made detailed introduction as well as a summarization of research findings in the field of musical illusions made by scholars overseas. The findings can be classified into two categories: Two-channel musical illusion, including octave musical illusion and scale musical illusion; and half-octave musical illusion. The relationship between half-octave musical illusion and human language was introduced. The authors also pointed out the current development of the field of musical illusions as well as the possible approaches in the future studies.

Key words: musical illusion, two-channel musical illusion, half-octave illusion, pitch class, compound tone, musical illusion, two-channel musical illusion, half-octave illusion, pitch class, compound tone

摘要： 概述了音乐错觉研究的历史，归纳和总结了国外学者在音乐错觉研究中已取得的研究成果。将音乐错觉研究成果归纳为2大类：第一类为双通道音乐错觉，包括八度错觉和音节错觉；第二类为半八度错觉，并介绍了半八度错觉与语言的关系的研究。指出当前音乐错觉研究所处的状态以及今后研究的方向。

关键词: 音乐错觉, 双通道音乐错觉, 半八度错觉, 音高族, 复合音调, 音乐错觉, 双通道音乐错觉, 半八度错觉, 音高族, 复合音调