Psychophysical Design Influences Frequency Discrimination Performance in Young Children

Autor/inn/en	Sutcliffe, P.; Bishop, D.
Titel	Psychophysical Design Influences Frequency Discrimination Performance in Young Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 91 (2005) 3, S.249-270 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2005.03.004
Schlagwörter	Auditory Discrimination; Auditory Perception; Age Differences; Young Children; Perception Tests; Perceptual Development; Design + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Frühe Kindheit; Wahrnehmungsentwicklung
Abstract	We investigated how different psychophysical procedures affect frequency discrimination performance in children. Four studies used a design in which listeners heard two tone pairs and had to identify whether the first or second pair contained a higher frequency target tone. Thresholds for 6-and 7-year-olds were higher than those for 8- and 9-year-olds and adults. Two manipulations led to lower (better) thresholds in young children: (a) moving the standard comparison tone before the target tone and (b) using three target comparison tone pairs. It is suggested that young children benefit from designs that help cue them to when they need to attend to a target tone. The two-interval, forced-choice procedure that is widely used in studies of developmental disorders led to variable performance even in adults and did not give a realistic picture of the perceptual capabilities of children under 8 years of age. (Author).
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