Auditory Looming Perception: Influences on Anticipatory Judgments

Perception ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1467-1482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence D Rosenblum ◽  
A Paige Wuestefeld ◽  
Helena M Saldaña
Keyword(s):  
Sound Source ◽  
Auditory Perception ◽  
Auditory Signal ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Judgment Accuracy ◽  
Actual Duration ◽  
Virtual Time ◽  
Approach Velocity ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Auditory Looming

Several studies in the auditory-perception literature hint that listeners may be able to anticipate the time of arrival of an approaching sound source. Two experiments are reported in which listeners judged the time of arrival of an approaching car on the basis of various portions of its auditory signal. Subjects pressed a computer key to indicate when the car would have just passed them, assuming that the car maintained a constant approach velocity. A number of variables were tested including (a) the time between the offset of the signal and the virtual time of passage, (b) duration of the signal, and (c) feedback concerning judgment accuracy. Results indicate that increasing the time between signal offset and virtual time of passage decreases judgment accuracy whereas the actual duration of the signal had no significant effect. Feedback significantly improved performance overall.

Auditory Perception

1992 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-247
Author(s):  
Ellen C. Haas
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Auditory Perception ◽  
Free Field ◽  
Auditory Signal ◽  
Auditory Stimuli ◽  
Hearing Protection ◽  
Speech Communication ◽  
Complex Signals ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Auditory Signals

Auditory perception involves the human listener's awareness or apprehension of auditory stimuli in the environment. Auditory stimuli, which include speech communications as well as non-speech signals, occur in the presence and absence of environmental noise. Non-speech auditory signals range from simple pure tones to complex signals found in three-dimensional auditory displays. Special hearing protection device (HPD) designs, as well as additions to conventional protectors, have been developed to improve speech communication and auditory perception capabilities of those exposed to noise. The thoughtful design of auditory stimuli and the proper design, selection, and use of HPDs within the environment can improve human performance and reduce accidents. The purpose of this symposium will be to discuss issues in auditory perception and to describe methods to improve the perception of auditory stimuli in environments with and without noise. The issues of interest include the perception of non-speech auditory signals and the improvement of auditory perception capabilities of persons exposed to noise. The first three papers of this symposium describe the perception of non-speech auditory signals. Ellen Haas defines the extent to which certain signal elements affect the perceived urgency of auditory warning signals. Michael D. Good and Dr. Robert H. Gilkey investigate free-field masking as a function of the spatial separation between signal and masker sounds within the horizontal and median planes. Jeffrey M. Gerth explores the discrimination of complex auditory signal components that differ by sound category, temporal pattern, density, and component manipulation. The fourth paper of this symposium focuses upon the improvement of auditory perception capabilities of persons exposed to hazardous noise, and who must wear hearing protection. Special HPD designs, as well as additions to conventional protectors, have been developed to improve speech communication and auditory perception capabilities of persons exposed to noise. Dr. John G. Casali reviews several new HPD technologies and describes construction features, empirical performance data, and applications of each device. These papers illustrate current research issues in the perception of auditory signals. The issues are all relevant to the human factors engineering of auditory signals and personal protective gear. The perception of auditory stimuli can be improved by the thoughtful human factors design of auditory stimuli and by the proper use of HPDs.

The Several Dimensions of Pitch

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Tenney
Keyword(s):  
Sound Source ◽  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Auditory Perception ◽  
Pitch Perception ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sound Sources ◽  
Neural Information ◽  
Temporal Ordering

James Tenney explains the different mechanisms behind the simultaneous and consecutive relationships between pitches using ideas from evolution and neurocognition. He suggests that there are two different aspects of pitch perception and that one of those aspects can also be thought of as multidimensional. In considering such fundamental questions regarding the nature of auditory perception, Tenney refers to the evolution of hearing and considers two complementary if not contradictory things: distinguish between or among sounds issuing from different sound sources, and recognize when two or more sounds—though different—actually arise from a single sound source. The first mechanism is the basis for what Tenney calls the contour aspect of contour aspect of contour pitch perception. The other aspect of pitch perception has to do with the temporal ordering of the neural information. Tenney concludes by proposing a psychoacoustic explanation for contour formation based on the ear's temporal processing.

scholarly journals The Role of Vision in Auditory Distance Perception

Perception ◽  
10.1068/p7153 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteban R Calcagno ◽  
Ezequiel L Abregú ◽  
Manuel C Eguía ◽  
Ramiro Vergara
Keyword(s):  
Sound Source ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Auditory Perception ◽  
Horizontal Plane ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Distance Perception ◽  
Apparent Distance ◽  
Multisensory Interaction ◽  
Auditory Distance

In humans, multisensory interaction is an important strategy for improving the detection of stimuli of different nature and reducing the variability of response. It is known that the presence of visual information affects the auditory perception in the horizontal plane (azimuth), but there are few researches that study the influence of vision in the auditory distance perception. In general, the data obtained from these studies are contradictory and do not completely define the way in which visual cues affect the apparent distance of a sound source. Here psychophysical experiments on auditory distance perception in humans are performed, including and excluding visual cues. The results show that the apparent distance from the source is affected by the presence of visual information and that subjects can store in their memory a representation of the environment that later improves the perception of distance.

scholarly journals Sound Source System for Investigating the Auditory Perception of Infrasound Accompanied by Audio Sound

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 (5) ◽  
pp. 869-874
Author(s):  
Elisa Burke ◽  
Johannes Hensel
Keyword(s):  
Sound Source ◽  
Auditory Perception ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Special Design ◽  
Simultaneous Generation ◽  
Monaural Stimulation ◽  
The Common ◽  
High Level ◽  
Stimulation Of

To gather more basic knowledge about both infrasound-perception mechanisms and the annoyance caused by infrasound, it is important to investigate the influence of the interaction between infrasound and sound at frequencies inside the common audio frequency range (audio sound) on the auditory perception. This paper gives a detailed description of a newly developed sound source system allowing simultaneous monaural stimulation of listeners with infrasound and audio-sound stimuli in psychoacoustic experiments. The sound source system covers a frequency range between 4 Hz and 6000 Hz. It can generate infrasound stimuli and audio-sound stimuli up to at least 123 dB SPL and 80 dB SPL, respectively, with inaudible harmonic distortions. Likewise, during simultaneous generation of high-level infrasound and audio sound, residual unwanted modulation frequencies remain imperceptible, owing to special design features. It can be concluded that the sound source system is suitable for investigating the auditory perception of infrasound accompanied by audio sound.

scholarly journals Sound Source Separation Mechanisms of Different Deep Networks Explained from the Perspective of Auditory Perception

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 832
Author(s):  
Han Li ◽  
Kean Chen ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Jianben Liu ◽  
Baoquan Wan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sound Source ◽  
Auditory Perception ◽  
Source Separation ◽  
Frequency Resolution ◽  
Scale Invariant ◽  
Universal System ◽  
Separation Mechanisms ◽  
Sound Source Separation ◽  
Deep Networks ◽  
Proximity Principle

Thanks to the development of deep learning, various sound source separation networks have been proposed and made significant progress. However, the study on the underlying separation mechanisms is still in its infancy. In this study, deep networks are explained from the perspective of auditory perception mechanisms. For separating two arbitrary sound sources from monaural recordings, three different networks with different parameters are trained and achieve excellent performances. The networks’ output can obtain an average scale-invariant signal-to-distortion ratio improvement (SI-SDRi) higher than 10 dB, comparable with the human performance to separate natural sources. More importantly, the most intuitive principle—proximity—is explored through simultaneous and sequential organization experiments. Results show that regardless of network structures and parameters, the proximity principle is learned spontaneously by all networks. If components are proximate in frequency or time, they are not easily separated by networks. Moreover, the frequency resolution at low frequencies is better than at high frequencies. These behavior characteristics of all three networks are highly consistent with those of the human auditory system, which implies that the learned proximity principle is not accidental, but the optimal strategy selected by networks and humans when facing the same task. The emergence of the auditory-like separation mechanisms provides the possibility to develop a universal system that can be adapted to all sources and scenes.

scholarly journals Listener Auditory Perception Enhancement using Virtual Sound Source Design for 3D Auditory System

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Cheol Yong Kang ◽  
Vinayagam Mariappan ◽  
Juphil Cho ◽  
Seon Hee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Auditory System ◽  
Sound Source ◽  
Auditory Perception

Effects of unilateral ablation of auditory cortex on monaural cat's ability to localize sound

1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. D. Neff ◽  
J. H. Casseday
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Cortex ◽  
Sound Source ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Behavioral Measures ◽  
Binaural Localization ◽  
The Given

1. Cats with one cochlea destroyed were trained to localize sound. After behavioral measures of the animal's accuracy of localization were made, cortical auditory areas were ablated unilaterally. 2. The results showed: a) like binaural localization, monaural localization of sound in space, as measured by the ability of an animal to move toward a sound source, depends on integrity of auditory cortex; b) it is only ablation of cortex contralateral to the functional ear that seriously affects localizing behavior; ablation of cortex ipsilateral to the intact cochlea has little or no effect on localizing behavior. 3. To explain the results, we suggest that auditory cortex is essential for an organized perception of space including the relation of the animal's position to other objects in space. We also suggest that auditory cortex contralateral to a given ear is necessary in order for the animal to recognize that a stimulus is presented to that ear of, when both ears are intact, to recognize that the stimulus to the given ear differs in some way (intensity, time of arrival, sequential arrangement of sounds) from the stimulus to the opposite ear.

Auditory perception is influenced by the orientation of the trunk relative to a sound source

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Occhigrossi ◽  
Michael Brosch ◽  
Giorgia Giommetti ◽  
Roberto Panichi ◽  
Giampietro Ricci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sound Source ◽  
Auditory Perception
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