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An experiment was conducted to investigate adaptive auditory signal processing over series of trials in a standard two-interval temporal forced-choice detection task with stimulus uncertainty. Observer sensitivity was found to be dependent upon both the number of successive repetitions of the test stimulus and the number of correct responses in the preceding trials. The results are interpreted in terms of adaptive signal processing based upon stimulus information available in the preceding trials.
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This research was conducted at Purdue University and was supported by NIMH Grant MH-14714-01 to the second author.
The authors thank Dr. Charles S. Watson for his critical reading of this manuscript.
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Pastore, R.E., Sorkin, R.D. Adaptive auditory signal processing. Psychon Sci 23, 259–260 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336102
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