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Auditory localization in the vertical plane: accuracy and constraint on bodily movement.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3693704     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In two preliminary experiments, listeners were instructed to limit increasingly the movement of their heads and/or bodies while attempting to localize narrow bands of noise centered on 2.3 or 8.3 kHz. With increasing constraint on movement, the high-frequency band was incorrectly perceived as elevated above the horizon. The low-frequency band, when actually elevated above the horizon, was not so regularly perceived incorrectly as being below the horizon, a finding inconsistent with a previous report. A third experiment, which more closely replicated the task conditions and strategies of the previous study, did tend to reveal the anomalous low-frequency error. The error is explicable as a default response to which listeners whose sensitivity to the vertical dimension, in general, appears imperfect are prone. From various reports, it emerges that about 25% of presumed normally hearing people exhibit this insensitivity.
Authors:
W Noble
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America     Volume:  82     ISSN:  0001-4966     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  1987 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1988-02-11     Completed Date:  1988-02-11     Revised Date:  2006-12-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1631-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Auditory Perception*
Humans
Movement*
Posture*
Restraint, Physical
Sound Localization*

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