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A Low Cost Setup for Behavioral Audiometry in Rodents
Published on: October 16, 2012
まとめ
以前は低周波現象と考えられていたバイナウラルビートは,高周波でも知覚できます. これは,エンベロープ周期性における音間差異が複雑なトーンで存在し,聴覚システムの制限に挑戦するときに起こります.
科学分野:
- 聴覚神経科学とは
- サイコアコースティクス サイコアコースティクス
- シグナル処理 信号処理
背景:
- バイナウラルビートは通常,低周波の聴覚知覚と関連しています.
- 以前の研究によると,聴覚系は高周波の音声間時間差に対して無感性があるという.
研究 の 目的:
- 高周波のバイナウラルビートのような相互作用の知覚を調査する.
- 高周波バイナウラル相互作用が知覚できる条件を決定する.
主な方法:
- 高周波で各耳に異なる二色複合体のプレゼンテーション.
- 複合体内の周波数分離を変化させ,封筒周期性における空間間差を生成する.
主要な成果:
- バイナウラルビートのような相互作用は,高周波の複雑なトーンでも知覚されました.
- 感知の重要な要因は,耳の間の周波数分離のわずかな違いであり,耳間封筒周期性の違いを生じさせた.
結論:
- 聴覚系は,高い周波数で音間時間差を処理することができます.
- バイナウラルビート認識は,低い周波数に厳格に制限されていません.
- 高周波バイナウラル相互作用の知覚は,音声間封筒の周期性差異に依存する.
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