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The precedence effect: revisited.

W A Yost, D R Soderquist

    The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
    |November 1, 1984
    PubMed
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    The precedence effect, crucial for sound localization, shows the first click pair significantly influences perceived sound location, even when subsequent clicks alter the binaural system's response. This effect demonstrates limitations in auditory spatial perception.

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    Area of Science:

    • Auditory perception
    • Psychoacoustics
    • Binaural hearing

    Background:

    • The precedence effect, first described by Wallach et al., explains how the brain localizes sound sources based on the earliest arriving signal.
    • Understanding the precedence effect is key to explaining human auditory spatial perception and the mechanisms of binaural hearing.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the dominance of the first click pair in the precedence effect across different auditory judgment tasks.
    • To examine the influence of the second click pair on perceived sound location and masked thresholds.
    • To assess the consistency of the precedence effect with existing models, such as Zurek's proposal.

    Main Methods:

    • Replication of Wallach et al.'s original experiments using two-click stimuli.

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  • Conducting three experiments to test the precedence effect under varying conditions (midline vs. off-midline judgments, masked thresholds).
  • Analyzing the impact of the first and second click pairs on lateral image perception and masking-level differences (MLDs).

    • Main Results:

    • The first click pair consistently dominated lateral image perception, regardless of whether the sound was perceived at midline or off-midline.
    • The effect of the first click pair did not fully cancel the influence of the second click pair on midline localization.
    • The first click pair produced a greater change in masked thresholds (MLDs) compared to the second click pair.
    • High variability was observed across all experimental conditions.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings confirm the significant role of the first click pair in the precedence effect.
    • The results support Zurek's proposal regarding the binaural system's reduced sensitivity to interaural temporal differences in later-arriving sounds.
    • The study highlights limitations and generalities of using two-click stimuli for demonstrating and studying the precedence effect.