Auditory Noise Facilitates Lower Visual Reaction Times in Humans.

ABSTRACT: Noise is commonly seen as a disturbance but can influence any system it interacts with. This influence may not always be desirable, but sometimes it can improve the system's performance. For example, stochastic resonance is a phenomenon where adding the right amount of noise to a weak signal makes it easier to detect. This is known as sub-threshold detection. This sub-threshold detection's natural fingerprint is the fact that the threshold values follow an inverse U-shaped curve as the noise intensity increases. The minimum threshold value is the point of maximum sensitivity and represents the optimal point that divides the dynamics in two. Below that point, we can find the beneficial noise branch, where the noise can facilitate better detection. Above that point, the common detrimental no

SUBMITTER: Perez-Pacheco A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11352084 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature