The influence of transient distortion on reaction time.
Reaction times to acoustic stimuli (250 and 4000 Hz sine waves) varying in rise-decay time (50, 25, 10, 5.0, and 1.0 msec) were obtained from normal hearing listeners (N = 3). Findings indicate that decreasing rise-decay time systematically distorts the shape of the latency-intensity function. Data from the shortest rise-decay condition suggests that transient distortion may affect a relatively small change in signal detectabiliity across a signal intensity range of 75 dB.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D010897:Pitch Discrimination; D011930:Reaction Time