Effects of stimulus frequency, level, and duration on auditory temporal ordering. 1981

R M Parker, and R N Kasten, and R L McCroskey, and E A Hoyer

Auditory temporal ordering was investigated in 5 normal-hearing young adults. Ss made diotic 2IFC judgments for pure tones of 0.5, 1, 2, or 4 kc/s and critical-band noises centered at those frequencies, on duration (standard: 40 msec; variables: 10, 20, or 30 msec), level (standard: 70 db HL; variables: 40, 50 or 60 HL), and frequency (standard: 0.5 kc/s; variables: 1,2, or 4 kc/s). Interstimulus interval (ISI) was 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, or 200 msec. All stimuli were at 70 db HL except of course the variable stimuli in the level judgments. Performance improved with increasing ISI. Mean threshold ISIs (performance at 75%-correct) collapsed across pure tones and noise bands were 12.5, 6.25, and 6.25 msec for duration, level, and frequency, respectively. With ISI constant at 100 msec, ANOVAs revealed statistically significant differences among the variables for duration and for level but not for frequency (performance for frequency was nearly perfect at the shortest ISI). There were statistically significant differences between mean performance, and between mean threshold ISIs, for duration, level, and frequency, indicating that auditory temporal acuity is not independent of the kinds of sound, as has been suggested (Hirsh, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 1959, 31, p. 759).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008144 Loudness Perception The perceived attribute of a sound which corresponds to the physical attribute of intensity. Loudness Perceptions,Perception, Loudness,Perceptions, Loudness
D010898 Pitch Perception A dimension of auditory sensation varying with cycles per second of the sound stimulus. Perception, Pitch,Perceptions, Pitch,Pitch Perceptions
D004193 Discrimination Learning Learning that is manifested in the ability to respond differentially to various stimuli. Discriminative Learning,Discrimination Learnings,Discriminative Learnings,Learning, Discrimination,Learning, Discriminative
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013998 Time Perception The ability to estimate periods of time lapsed or duration of time. Temporal Perception,Temporal Processing,Time Processing,Perception, Temporal,Perception, Time,Processing, Temporal,Processing, Time

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