Human sound localization: measurements in untrained, head-unrestrained subjects using gaze as a pointer

• Published in: Experimental brain research Vol. 190; no. 1; pp. 11 - 30
• Main Author: Populin, Luis C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.09.2008; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accuracy; Acoustic Stimulation; Adult; Behavior; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brain - physiology; Eye and associated structures. Visual pathways and centers. Vision; Female; Fixation, Ocular - physiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Head Movements - physiology; Human subjects; Humans; Localization; Male; Memory; Memory - physiology; Motor control and motor pathways. Reflexes. Control centers of vegetative functions. Vestibular system and equilibration; Neck Muscles - physiology; Neurology; Neuropsychological Tests; Neurosciences; Observer Variation; Orientation - physiology; Perceptions; Photic Stimulation; Physiology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Reproducibility of Results; Research Article; Saccades - physiology; Sound; Sound Localization - physiology; Space Perception - physiology; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Human; Sound localization; Memory saccade task; Motor error; Head-unrestrained orienting; Gaze; Stimulus localization; Head-unrestrained orienting . Gaze; Memory; Selection; Saccadic eye movement; Human .Sound localization; Eye; Memory saccade task . Motor error; Visual system; Accuracy; Perception; Eccentric movement

Studies of sound localization in humans have used various behavioral measures to quantify the observers’ perceptions; a non-comprehensive list includes verbal reports, head pointing, gun pointing, stylus pointing, and laser aiming. Comparison of localization performance reveals that in humans, just...