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Title: Investigating the auditory enhancement phenomenon using behavioral temporal masking patterns. Author: Shen Y, Richards VM. Journal: J Acoust Soc Am; 2012 Nov; 132(5):3363-74. PubMed ID: 23145617. Abstract: A narrowband signal is subjected to less masking from a simultaneously presented notched masker if it is preceded by a precursor that occupies the same spectral region as the masker, a phenomenon referred to as enhancement. The present study investigated (i) the amount of enhancement for the detection of a narrowband noise added to a notched masker, and (ii) masking patterns associated with the detection of tone pips added to the narrowband signal. The resulting psychophysical data were compared to predictions generated using a model similar to the neural adaptation-of-inhibition model proposed by Nelson and Young [(2010b). J. Neurosci. 30, 6577-6587]. The amount of enhancement was measured as a function of the temporal separation between the precursor and masker in Experiment I, and as a function of precursor level in Experiment II. The model captured the temporal dynamics of psychophysical enhancement reasonably well for both the long-duration noise signals and the masking patterns. However, in contrast to psychophysical data which indicated reliable enhancement only when the precursor and masker shared the same levels, the model predicated enhancement at all precursor levels.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]