Methods in Comparative Psychoacoustics. In englischer Sprache.

Klump, G. M., R. J. Dooling and R. R. Fay:

ISBN 10: 3764350792 / ISBN 13: 9783764350796

Published by Basel, Boston, Berlin, Birkhäuser Verlag, 1995

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Title: Methods in Comparative Psychoacoustics. In ...

Publisher: Basel, Boston, Berlin, Birkhäuser Verlag

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis:

Twenty five years ago, Bill Stebbins presented the principles of animal psychophysics in an edited volume (Stebbins, 1970) describing an array of modem, creative methodologies for investigating the range of sensory systems in a variety of vertebrate species. These principles included precise stimulus control, a well defined behavioral response, and a rigorous behavioral procedure appropriate to the organism under study. As a generation of comparative sensory scientists applied these principles, our knowledge of sensory and perceptual function in a wide range of animal species has grown dramatically, especially in the field of hearing. Comparative psychoacoustics, i. e. , the study of the hearing capabilities in animals using behavioral methods, is an area of animal psychophysics that has seen remarkable advances in methodology over the past 25 years. Acoustic stimuli are now routinely generated using digital methods providing the researcher with unprecedented possibilities for stimulus control and experimental design. The strategies and paradigms for data collection and analysis are becoming more refined as well, again due in large part to the widespread use of computers. In this volume, the reader will find a modem array of strategies designed to measure detection and discrimination of both simple and complex acoustic stimuli as well experimental designs to assess how organisms perceive, identify and classify acoustic stimuli. Refinements in modem methodologies now make it possible to compare diverse species tested under similar, if not identical, experimental conditions.

Synopsis:

Comparative psychoacoustics is an area of animal psychophysics which has seen remarkable advances in methodology since the 1970s. The developments of small laboratory computers has had a crucial impact on the field. Acoustic stimuli are now routinely generated using digital methods, providing the researcher with unprecedented possibilities. The strategies and paradigms for data collection are becoming more refined as well, again due in large part to the use of computer technology. This volume presents an array of methods designed to measure detection and discrimination of both simple and complex acoustic stimuli, along with strategies designed to assess how acoustic stimuli are perceived, categorized or classified. Refinements in modern methodologies now make it possible to compare the hearing capabilities of diverse species tested under similar, if not identical, experimental conditions. Tests on non-verbal human infants fit well in this category and have much in common with comparative methodologies used in testing animals.