title: Rapid auditory learning of temporal gap detection.
abstract: The rapid initial phase of training-induced improvement has been shown to reflect a genuine sensory change in perception. Several features of early and rapid learning, such as generalization and stability, remain to be characterized. The present study demonstrated that learning effects from brief training on a temporal gap detection task using spectrally similar narrowband noise markers defining the gap (within-channel task), transfer across ears, however, not across spectrally dissimilar markers (between-channel task). The learning effects associated with brief training on a gap detection task were found to be stable for at least a day. These initial findings have significant implications for characterizing early and rapid learning effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88011, USA smishra@nmsu.edu.
authors.forename: Srikanta K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, 603 203, India prmanas@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Manasa R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Panda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009622:Noise; D014163:Transfer, Psychology; D055815:Young Adult