Auditory Subjective-Straight-Ahead Blurs during Significantly Slow Passive Body Rotation. (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Honda, Akio; Tsunokake, Sayaka; Suzuki, Yôiti; Sakamoto, Shuichi
• Is Part Of: I-Perception. Volume 13:Number 1(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: listener movement -- sound localization -- spatial hearing -- multisensory integration; Perception -- Periodicals; Visual perception -- Periodicals; Perception; Perception; Electronic journals; Periodical; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; Periodicals; 153.7
• DOI: 10.1177/20416695211070616
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2041-6695

Abstract

This paper reports on the deterioration in sound-localization accuracy during listeners' head and body movements. We investigated the sound-localization accuracy during passive body rotations at speeds in the range of 0.625–5 °/s. Participants were asked to determine whether a 30-ms noise stimuli emerged relative to their subjective-straight-ahead reference. Results indicated that the sound-localization resolution degraded with passive rotation, irrespective of the rotation speed, even at speeds of 0.625 °/s.