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The effect of exogenous spatial attention on auditory information processing

Auteurs: Kenichi Kanai, Kazuo Ikeda, Tadayuki Tayama

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 4/2007

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.

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Titel: The effect of exogenous spatial attention on auditory information processing
Auteurs: Kenichi Kanai
Kazuo Ikeda
Tadayuki Tayama
Publicatiedatum: 01-07-2007
Uitgeverij: Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 4/2007
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-005-0024-4

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