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During localization of a moving sound source, a shift of the perceived position relative to the actual one of the starting point is an expression of the perception of sluggishness of the auditory system. In this study, the human ability to localize starting points during a gradual or abrupt movement of fused auditory images (FAIs) was compared with the ability to localize the position of a stationary sound image. Sound images moved from the midline of the head in the direction of each of the ears. The subject’s responses were recorded using a graphics table. There was a tendency to shift the starting point of the trajectory in the direction of the movement. This tendency was stronger for gradual rather than for abrupt FAI movement and for shorter stimuli (100 ms) than for long ones (200 ms). The value of the starting point’s displacement depended on the final interaural time delay. The results obtained are discussed in terms of the “snapshots” and “movement detector” theories, as well as in terms of the sluggish and anticipatory ability of auditory perception.
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Original Russian Text © E.A. Petropavlovskaya, L.B. Shestopalova, S.F. Vaitulevich, 2010, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2010, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 34–43.
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Petropavlovskaya, E.A., Shestopalova, L.B. & Vaitulevich, S.F. Sluggishness of auditory perception during localization of short moving sound images. Hum Physiol 36, 399–407 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119710040043
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