Direct Measure of Duration Discrimination

1970 ◽  
Vol 47 (1A) ◽  
pp. 118-118
Author(s):  
S. R. Rochester
Keyword(s):  
Duration Discrimination ◽  
Direct Measure

Age-Related Decline in Emotional Prosody Discrimination

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel L. C. Mitchell ◽  
Rachel A. Kingston
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Auditory Perception ◽  
Duration Discrimination ◽  
Pitch Perception ◽  
Sensory Level ◽  
Emotional Prosody ◽  
Processing Stage ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Level Of Processing

It is now accepted that older adults have difficulty recognizing prosodic emotion cues, but it is not clear at what processing stage this ability breaks down. We manipulated the acoustic characteristics of tones in pitch, amplitude, and duration discrimination tasks to assess whether impaired basic auditory perception coexisted with our previously demonstrated age-related prosodic emotion perception impairment. It was found that pitch perception was particularly impaired in older adults, and that it displayed the strongest correlation with prosodic emotion discrimination. We conclude that an important cause of age-related impairment in prosodic emotion comprehension exists at the fundamental sensory level of processing.

A Direct Measure of Adaptive Behavior

1980 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-173
Author(s):  
Richard H. Kicklighter ◽  
Brenda S. Bailey ◽  
Bert O. Richmond
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Behavior ◽  
Direct Measure

scholarly journals Bi-Dimensional Deflection Estimation by Embedded Fiber Bragg Gratings Sensors

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Palma ◽  
Palumbo ◽  
Pietra ◽  
Canale ◽  
Alviggi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Fiber Bragg Gratings ◽  
Beam Theory ◽  
Bragg Gratings ◽  
Strain Sensors ◽  
Structural Monitoring ◽  
Direct Measure ◽  
Large Structure ◽  
Good Agreement ◽  
Classical Beam Theory

In this work, we present and discuss on the deflection estimation of a bi-dimensional panel by using Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) as strain sensors embedded in the structure and a method based on the classical beam theory. The existing difficulties in the direct measure of the deflection are overcome thanks to the proposed technique and a real-time indirect structural monitoring is possible both on small and large structure. In many tests the estimated deflection with the proposed method has been compared with direct deflection measurements obtained with a mechanical comparator showing good agreement. A resolution of few tens of microns over a surface of the order of 1 m2 has been reached.

A Direct Assessment of the Role of Expectation in Inhibition of Return

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 783-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Spalek
Keyword(s):  
Inhibition Of Return ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Direct Measure ◽  
Imaginary Circle ◽  
Direct Assessment ◽  
Relevant Evidence ◽  
Indirect Measures

An object hidden among distractors can be found more efficiently if previously searched locations are not reinspected. The inhibition-of-return (IOR) phenomenon indexes the tendency to avoid reinspections. Two accounts of IOR, that it is due to inhibition and that it is due to expectation, are generally regarded as incompatible. The relevant evidence to date, however, has been indirect: Inhibition or expectation has been inferred from response times or similar indirect measures. This article reports the first direct measure of IOR, obtained by asking observers to predict the location of the next target in a display containing eight possible locations on an imaginary circle. On any given trial, the previously cued location was chosen less frequently (impairment)—and the opposite location was chosen more frequently (facilitation)—than chance (choice of all other locations was at chance). The impairment is consistent with both inhibition and expectation accounts; the facilitation is consistent only with expectation accounts. This work also shows that inhibition and expectation are not necessarily incompatible: Implementing expectations may entail inhibiting previously cued locations.

Studies in the Vulcanization of Rubber. I—Thermochemistry of Vulcanization of Rubber

1930 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 631-639
Author(s):  
John T. Blake
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Internal Energy ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Heat Of Reaction ◽  
Chemical Affinity ◽  
Direct Measure ◽  
Total Change

Abstract WHEN a chemical reaction takes place, it is usually accompanied by an absorption or evolution of heat. The amount of the heat interchange is not a direct measure of the chemical affinity involved in the reaction, nor is it a measure of the free energy of the reaction. The heat of reaction, however, is a measure of the total change in internal energy and is of importance, therefore, in calculating the effect of temperature on a reaction and in elucidating the mechanism of it.

Developmental Patterns of Duration Discrimination

1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 842-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill L. Elfenbein ◽  
Arnold M. Small ◽  
Julia M. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Standard Stimulus ◽  
Discrimination Performance ◽  
Noise Burst ◽  
Duration Discrimination ◽  
Broadband Noise ◽  
Developmental Patterns ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Perceptual Abilities

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the auditory perceptual abilities of children are characterized by an age-related improvement in duration discrimination. Forty children, ages 4 to 10 years, and 10 adults served as subjects. Difference limens were obtained using a 350-msec broadband noise burst as the standard stimulus in a three-interval forcedchoice paradigm. Data were characterized by significant differences between the performances of the 4-, 6-, and 8-year-olds and those of the adults. Acquisition of adult-like discrimination performance was demonstrated between the ages of 8 and 10 years.

Olive oil: direct measure of antioxidant activity

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. S42
Author(s):  
Alexander Rabovsky ◽  
John Cuomo
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Olive Oil ◽  
Direct Measure

Break Expectancy in Duration Discrimination.

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 823-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Tremblay ◽  
Claudette Fortin
Keyword(s):  
Duration Discrimination

Age Effects on Measures of Auditory Duration Discrimination

1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 662-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Fitzgibbons ◽  
Sandra Gordon-Salant
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Stimulus Frequency ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Duration Discrimination ◽  
Elderly Subjects ◽  
Hearing Sensitivity ◽  
Choice Procedure ◽  
Forced Choice Procedure ◽  
Tonal Stimuli ◽  
Young And Elderly Subjects

This study examined auditory temporal sensitivity in young adult and elderly listeners using psychophysical tasks that measured duration discrimination. Listeners in the experiments were divided into groups of young and elderly subjects with normal hearing sensitivity and with mild-to-moderate sloping sensorineural hearing loss. Temporal thresholds in all tasks were measured with an adaptive forced-choice procedure using tonal stimuli centered at 500 Hz and 4000 Hz. Difference limens for duration were measured for tone bursts (250 msec reference duration) and for silent intervals between tone bursts (250 msec and 6.4 msec reference durations). Results showed that the elderly listeners exhibited diminished duration discrimination for both tones and silent intervals when the reference duration was 250 msec. Hearing loss did not affect these results. Discrimination of the brief temporal gap (6.4 msec) was influenced by age and hearing loss, but these effects were not consistent across all listeners. Effects of stimulus frequency were not evident for most of the duration discrimination conditions.

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