ABSTRACT
Among numerous procedures for determination of the psychophysical relation, one approach has seldom been applied. Essential in this method is to present a set of stimuli whose intensity increases in fixed time following different forms. The objective stimulus increment, which the subjects perceive as linear growth directly, represents the inverse psychophysical relation. In this paper the method was tested in the fields of click frequency and sound pressure. This procedure was named "Perception of the Form of Stimulus Increment in Time". In comparison to other psychophysical approaches, this one has several advantages. The principal ones are the following: (1) In assessing the psychophysical relation it is not necessary to try to measure the perceptual magnitude; and (2) the psychophysical relation is directly determined by its dynamic pattern. In this paper modifications to the method are reported which facilitate the subject's task and avoid some differences in subjects' individual approaches to the task. The modified procedure leads to results satisfactory independent of the influence of the factors irrelevant to the psychophysical relationship.
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Perception/physiology , Psychophysics/methods , Acoustic Stimulation , Auditory Perception , Humans , Mathematics , Psychoacoustics , Research Design , Sensation/physiology , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Application of magnetism -- as a link in stimulation transmission -- enables a suitable way of remote action. When a magnetic field of sound frequency acts upon a permanent magnet fixed to the eardrum, then the sound frequencies are also mechanical effects on the magnet. Due to this it is possible to introduce to the ear stimulations similar to the sounds ones by the procedure refered to as "Magnetomotor sound stimulation of the sense of hearing". The measurements performed prove that magnetism enables hearing and supply of information at an audibility relative magnetic threshold in the frequency range from 125 Hz to 10,000 Hz.
