THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HUMAN AUDITORY LOCALIZATION RESPONSE - A U-SHAPED FUNCTION
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HUMAN AUDITORY LOCALIZATION RESPONSE - A U-SHAPED FUNCTION
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DOI:
10.1037/h0084220
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发表时间:
1989-06-01
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CLARKSON, MG
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MUIR, DW;CLIFTON, RK;CLARKSON, MG
Research during the past 10 years on the neonatal head-turn response to off-central rattle sounds is reviewed, and various procedural and stimulus conditions that influence the probability of eliciting a correct reponse are identified. Also, the existence of a U-shaped developmental function is confirmed in a cross-sectional study of 104 infants between 3 days and 7 months of age. Neonates responded reliably, but slowly; the response decreased in frequency and magnitude betwen 1-3 months of age and increased again by 4-5 months of age. Speculation that this U-shaped function reflects a maturational shift in locus of control from subcortical to cortical structures was supported by the infants'' responses to the precedence effect (PE), which is thought to be cortically mediated. The PE was produced by playing the rattle sound through two loudspeakers with the output of one delayed by 5ms, relative to the other; adults perceive only one sound at the leading loudspeaker. As predicted, neonates failed to respond to the PE, and the onset of correct PE responses corresponded closely to the upswing in the U-shaped function for SS responses. Other explanations for the temporary decline in orientation responses to sound are also discussed.