Effects of guided exploration on reaching measures of auditory peripersonal space.

ABSTRACT: Despite the recognized importance of bodily movements in spatial audition, few studies have integrated action-based protocols with spatial hearing in the peripersonal space. Recent work shows that tactile feedback and active exploration allow participants to improve performance in auditory distance perception tasks. However, the role of the different aspects involved in the learning phase, such as voluntary control of movement, proprioceptive cues, and the possibility of self-correcting errors, is still unclear. We study the effect of guided reaching exploration on perceptual learning of auditory distance in peripersonal space. We implemented a pretest-posttest experimental design in which blindfolded participants must reach for a sound source located in this region. They were divided into

SUBMITTER: Hug MX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9632294 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature