Abstract
The roles of frequency and location cues in auditory selective attention were investigated in a series of experiments in which target tones were distinguished from distractors by frequency, location, or the conjunction of frequency and location features. When frequency separations in high-rate tone sequences were greater than 1 octave, participants were fastest at identifying targets defined by frequency and were sometimes faster at identifying conjunction than location targets. Frequency salience diminished as filtering demands were reduced: At long interstimulus intervals (> 2.0 s), performance was superior in location conditions. The results suggest that frequency may play a role in auditory selective attention tasks analogous to the role of spatial position in visual attention.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 65-74 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2001 |
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- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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- Behavioral Neuroscience
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Location and frequency cues in auditory selective attention. / Woods, David L; Diaz, Rodney C; Alain, Claude; Ogawa, Keith H.; Rhodes, Dell.
In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol. 27, No. 1, 01.01.2001, p. 65-74.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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