The Effects of Visual Cues, Blindfolding, Synesthetic Experience, and Musical Training on Pure-Tone Frequency Discrimination
How perceptual limits can be reduced has long been examined by psychologists. This study investigated whether visual cues, blindfolding, visual-auditory synesthetic experience, and musical training could facilitate a smaller frequency difference limen (FDL) in a gliding frequency discrimination test...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2018-12-01
|
| Series: | Behavioral Sciences |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/9/1/2 |
| _version_ | 1819163869875011584 |
|---|---|
| author | Cho Kwan Tse Calvin Kai-Ching Yu |
| author_facet | Cho Kwan Tse Calvin Kai-Ching Yu |
| author_sort | Cho Kwan Tse |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | How perceptual limits can be reduced has long been examined by psychologists. This study investigated whether visual cues, blindfolding, visual-auditory synesthetic experience, and musical training could facilitate a smaller frequency difference limen (FDL) in a gliding frequency discrimination test. Ninety university students, with no visual or auditory impairment, were recruited for this one-between (blindfolded/visual cues) and one-within (control/experimental session) designed study. Their FDLs were tested by an alternative forced-choice task (gliding upwards/gliding downwards/no change) and two questionnaires (Vividness of Mental Imagery Questionnaire and Projector–Associator Test) were used to assess their tendency to synesthesia. The participants provided with visual cues and with musical training showed a significantly smaller FDL; on the other hand, being blindfolded or having a synesthetic experience before could not significantly reduce the FDL. However, no pattern was found between the perception of the gliding upwards and gliding downwards frequencies. Overall, the current study suggests that the inter-sensory perception can be enhanced through the training and facilitation of visual–auditory interaction under the multiple resource model. Future studies are recommended in order to verify the effects of music practice on auditory percepts, and the different mechanisms between perceiving gliding upwards and downwards frequencies. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-22T17:51:00Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-a633b8980f734a74a86c537e58f1cee6 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2076-328X |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-22T17:51:00Z |
| publishDate | 2018-12-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Behavioral Sciences |
| spelling | doaj.art-a633b8980f734a74a86c537e58f1cee62022-12-21T18:18:10ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2018-12-0191210.3390/bs9010002bs9010002The Effects of Visual Cues, Blindfolding, Synesthetic Experience, and Musical Training on Pure-Tone Frequency DiscriminationCho Kwan Tse0Calvin Kai-Ching Yu1Department of Counselling & Psychology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong 999077, ChinaDepartment of Counselling & Psychology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong 999077, ChinaHow perceptual limits can be reduced has long been examined by psychologists. This study investigated whether visual cues, blindfolding, visual-auditory synesthetic experience, and musical training could facilitate a smaller frequency difference limen (FDL) in a gliding frequency discrimination test. Ninety university students, with no visual or auditory impairment, were recruited for this one-between (blindfolded/visual cues) and one-within (control/experimental session) designed study. Their FDLs were tested by an alternative forced-choice task (gliding upwards/gliding downwards/no change) and two questionnaires (Vividness of Mental Imagery Questionnaire and Projector–Associator Test) were used to assess their tendency to synesthesia. The participants provided with visual cues and with musical training showed a significantly smaller FDL; on the other hand, being blindfolded or having a synesthetic experience before could not significantly reduce the FDL. However, no pattern was found between the perception of the gliding upwards and gliding downwards frequencies. Overall, the current study suggests that the inter-sensory perception can be enhanced through the training and facilitation of visual–auditory interaction under the multiple resource model. Future studies are recommended in order to verify the effects of music practice on auditory percepts, and the different mechanisms between perceiving gliding upwards and downwards frequencies.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/9/1/2frequency difference limensblindfoldvisual cuesauditory-visual synesthesiagliding frequenciesperceptual limit, common resource theorymultiple resource model |
| spellingShingle | Cho Kwan Tse Calvin Kai-Ching Yu The Effects of Visual Cues, Blindfolding, Synesthetic Experience, and Musical Training on Pure-Tone Frequency Discrimination Behavioral Sciences frequency difference limens blindfold visual cues auditory-visual synesthesia gliding frequencies perceptual limit, common resource theory multiple resource model |
| title | The Effects of Visual Cues, Blindfolding, Synesthetic Experience, and Musical Training on Pure-Tone Frequency Discrimination |
| title_full | The Effects of Visual Cues, Blindfolding, Synesthetic Experience, and Musical Training on Pure-Tone Frequency Discrimination |
| title_fullStr | The Effects of Visual Cues, Blindfolding, Synesthetic Experience, and Musical Training on Pure-Tone Frequency Discrimination |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effects of Visual Cues, Blindfolding, Synesthetic Experience, and Musical Training on Pure-Tone Frequency Discrimination |
| title_short | The Effects of Visual Cues, Blindfolding, Synesthetic Experience, and Musical Training on Pure-Tone Frequency Discrimination |
| title_sort | effects of visual cues blindfolding synesthetic experience and musical training on pure tone frequency discrimination |
| topic | frequency difference limens blindfold visual cues auditory-visual synesthesia gliding frequencies perceptual limit, common resource theory multiple resource model |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/9/1/2 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT chokwantse theeffectsofvisualcuesblindfoldingsynestheticexperienceandmusicaltrainingonpuretonefrequencydiscrimination AT calvinkaichingyu theeffectsofvisualcuesblindfoldingsynestheticexperienceandmusicaltrainingonpuretonefrequencydiscrimination AT chokwantse effectsofvisualcuesblindfoldingsynestheticexperienceandmusicaltrainingonpuretonefrequencydiscrimination AT calvinkaichingyu effectsofvisualcuesblindfoldingsynestheticexperienceandmusicaltrainingonpuretonefrequencydiscrimination |