Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2002):

Temporal weighting in sound localization.

Full Abstract

The dynamics of sound localization were studied using a free-field direct localization task (pointing to sound sources) and an observer-weighting analysis that assessed the relative influence of each click in a click-train stimulus. In agreement with previous studies of the precedence effect and binaural adaptation, weighting functions showed increased influence of the onset click when the interclick interval (ICI) was short (<5 ms). For longer ICIs, all clicks in a train contributed roughly the same amount to listeners' localization responses. Finally, when a short gap was introduced in the middle of a train, the influence of the click immediately following the gap increased, in agreement with the "restarting" results obtained by Hafter and Buell [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88, 806-812 (1990)].

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Author information

Author/s: Stecker, G Christopher (GC); Hafter, Ervin R (ER);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA. cstecker(-atsign-)umich.edu

Grants: NIH/NIDCD 00087 (Agency:NIDCD NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (J Acoust Soc Am), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Sep; vol 112 (issue 3 Pt 1) : pp 1046-57

Dates: Created 2002/09/23; Completed 2002/11/22; Revised 2007/11/14;

PMID: 12243153, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: J Acoust Soc Am. 1990 Aug;88(2):806-12. (PMID: 2212306)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Acoustic Stimulation Attention Functional Laterality Humans Loudness Perception

Pitch Perception Psychoacoustics Sound Localization Sound Spectrography Time Perception

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