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The auditory flutter fusion frequency of 18 Ss was determined at intervals of 0, 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 days of visual deprivation (darkness). Relative to control observed, a functional relationship which was best represented by a fourth-order polynomial. These results were similar to those obtained in an earlier experiment in which a tactual fusion task was employed, a measure analogous to auditory flutter fusion.
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Pangman, C.H., Zubek, J.P. Changes in auditory flutter fusion frequency during prolonged visual deprivation. Perception & Psychophysics 11, 172–174 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210368
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