Auditory event perception: The source-perception loop for posture in human gait

From: Perception and Psychophysics | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Flint, Jesse D; Gaston, Jeremy R; Solomon, Matthew J; Pastore, Richard E | Copyright information

There is a small but growing literature on the perception of natural acoustic events, but few attempts have been made to investigate complex sounds not systematically controlled within a laboratory setting. The present study investigates listeners' ability to make judgments about the posture (upright-stooped) of the walker who generated acoustic stimuli contrasted on each trial. We use a comprehensive three-stage approach to event perception, in which we develop a solid understanding of the s...

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