Auditory temporal resolution: Gap detection as a function of interpulse frequency disparity

Abstract

Gap detection thresholds, defined by the minimum temporal disparity between the offset of one pulse and the onset of a second, were used to describe auditory temporal resolution. Temporal resolution, as defined by the gap threshold, was observed to decrease as the frequency disparity between the successive pulses increased. These results cannot be accounted for in terms of a simple temporal masking hypothesis. © 1971, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.