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The effect of stimulus range on two-interval frequency discrimination
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Matthews, William J. and Stewart, Neil (2008) The effect of stimulus range on two-interval frequency discrimination. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , Vol.123 (No.4). EL45-EL51. doi:10.1121/1.2884084 ISSN 0001-4966.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2884084
Abstract
It has traditionally been thought that performance in two-interval frequency discrimination tasks decreases as the range over which the standard tone varies is increased. Recent empirical evidence and a reexamination of previous results suggest that this may not be the case. The present experiment found that performance was significantly better when the standard roved over a wide range (1500 Hz) than a narrow range (30 Hz). This pattern cannot readily be accommodated by traditional models of frequency discrimination based on memory or attention, but may be explicable in terms of neural plasticity and the formation of perceptual anchors.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Hearing levels, Perception -- Modeling | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of the Acoustical Society of America | ||||
Publisher: | Acoustical Society of America | ||||
ISSN: | 0001-4966 | ||||
Official Date: | April 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.123 | ||||
Number: | No.4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||
Page Range: | EL45-EL51 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1121/1.2884084 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||
Grant number: | RES-000-23-1372 (ESRC) |
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