Journal article

Publication year: 1993

Pages: 15-19

Journal: Psychological Research

Volume number: 55

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 0340-0727

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00419889

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
In a duration-discrimination experiment, young adults (mean age = 25.1), middle-aged adults (mean age = 45.5), and older adults (mean age = 64.6) were presented with two very brief auditorily marked intervals per trial, and their task was to decide which of the two was longer in duration. An adaptive psychophysical procedure was used to determine difference thresholds in relation to a constant standard interval of 50 ms. It was found that duration-discrimination performance was unaffected by age; all three age groups yielded a difference threshold of approximately 17 ms. It was concluded that the ability to discriminate durations of very brief auditory intervals appears to be based on an underlying timing mechanism that does not slow down with advancing adult age.

Harvard Citation style: RAMMSAYER, T., LIMA, S. and VOGEL, W. (1993) AGING AND TEMPORAL DISCRIMINATION OF BRIEF AUDITORY INTERVALS, Psychological Research, 55(1), pp. 15-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00419889

APA Citation style: RAMMSAYER, T., LIMA, S., & VOGEL, W. (1993). AGING AND TEMPORAL DISCRIMINATION OF BRIEF AUDITORY INTERVALS. Psychological Research. 55(1), 15-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00419889