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  • Title: The effect of spatial adaptation on auditory motion processing.
    Author: Getzmann S, Lewald J.
    Journal: Hear Res; 2011 Feb; 272(1-2):21-9. PubMed ID: 21108997.
    Abstract:
    The effect of acoustic pre-stimulation on cortical processing of subsequent sound motion was investigated in free-field space, using electroencephalography and a psychophysical motion-discrimination task. Subjects heard sound stimuli that moved from a central position (0°) to the left or right. The onset of motion was preceded by either stationary sound at 0° or spatially scattered sound on the left (0 to -32°), right (0-32°), or both (-32 to 32°) sides. Following stationary sound, the start of auditory motion elicited a motion-specific onset response as described in previous studies. Following scattered sound, the amplitude of the motion-onset response was lower and reaction times in motion discrimination were longer than with the stationary pre-stimulus. Both these effects were most pronounced when the pre-stimulation by scattered sound was on the same side as the motion, whereas effects were only weak when pre-stimuli and motion were on different sides. These results are compatible with the view that spatial adaptation plays a role in auditory motion perception, and that motion processing could be triggered by release of adaptation of populations of location-specific neurons.
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