title: Effects of prestimulus interval on phonation initiation reaction times.
abstract: Latencies for phonation initiation (from adducted, abducted, and a subject method, prephonatory vocal-fold- position) were studied in 30 young adults under an auditory reaction time paradigm as a function of random prestimulus intervals. Shortest latencies were obtained when the auditory stimulus was presented within a 1000- to 2000-millisecond frame. Stimulus delivery at intervals exceeding or preceding this time frame increases the latency of vocal reaction.
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010699:Phonation; D011930:Reaction Time; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000502:physiology; D014831:Voice