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The effect of exogenous spatial attention on auditory information processing.
Title: | The effect of exogenous spatial attention on auditory information processing. |
Authors: | Kanai, Kenichi Browse this author | Ikeda, Kazuo Browse this author | Tayama, Tadayuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
Issue Date: | Jul-2007 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Journal Title: | Psychological Research |
Volume: | 71 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page: | 418 |
End Page: | 426 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1007/s00426-005-0024-4 |
PMID: | 16292580 |
Abstract: | This study investigated the effect of exogenous spatial attention on auditory information processing. In Experiments 1, 2 and 3, temporal order judgment tasks were performed to examine the effect. In Experiment 1 and 2, a cue tone was presented to either the left or right ear, followed by sequential presentation of two target tones. The subjects judged the order of presentation of the target tones. The results showed that subjects heard both tones simultaneously when the target tone, which was presented on the same side as the cue tone, was presented after the target tone on the opposite side. This indicates that spatial exogenous attention was aroused by the cue tone, and facilitated subsequent auditory information processing. Experiment 3 examined whether both cue position and frequency influence the resulting information processing. The same effect of spatial attention was observed, but the effect of attention to a certain frequency was only partially observed. In Experiment 4, a tone fusion judgment task was performed to examine whether the effect of spatial attention occurred in the initial stages of hearing. The result suggests that the effect occurred in the later stages of hearing. |
Rights: | The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com |
Relation: | http://www.springerlink.com |
Type: | article (author version) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/26441 |
Appears in Collections: | 文学院・文学研究院 (Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences / Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 田山 忠行
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