Auditory perception of temporal order in humans: The effect of age, gender, listener practice and stimulus presentation mode

Adult Male 05 social sciences Age Factors Middle Aged 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Acoustic Stimulation Practice, Psychological Time Perception Auditory Perception Humans Female 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Aged
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.04.062 Publication Date: 2006-06-07T02:55:54Z
ABSTRACT
The temporal order (TO) of two auditory stimuli can be reported correctly when they are separated by a gap of approximate 30 ms. Since no clear evidence on individual differences in human sequencing abilities exists, we tested the effect of subjects' age and gender, as well as physical properties of presented stimuli and listener practice on the perception of TO. In two experiments, young and elderly listeners reported the TO of two clicks or tones. The TO threshold (i.e. the minimum temporal gap required to report the stimulus order at 75% correctness) was lower in young than elderly listeners, in men than women and for tones than clicks. Age-related deterioration depended on the physical properties of presented stimuli, remaining resistant to both gender and practice.
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