"Common factors in the identification of an assortment of brief everyday sounds": Correction to Ballas (1993)

• Published in: Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance 1993-12, Vol.19 (6), p.1182-1182
• Main Author: Ballas, James A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Auditory Discrimination; Auditory Perception; Auditory Stimulation; Cognitive Processes; Common Factors; Ecological Factors
• ISSN: 0096-1523; 1939-1277
• DOI: 10.1037/h0090367

Reports an error in "Common factors in the identification of an assortment of brief everyday sounds" by James A. Ballas ( Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1993[Apr], Vol 19[2], 250-267). A previous notice regarding this article incorrectly identified the volume number and date of publication of the journal in which this article appeared. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 1993-28211-001.) Acoustic, ecological, perceptual and cognitive factors that are common in the identification of 41 brief, varied sounds were evaluated. In Exp 1, identification time and accuracy, causal uncertainty values, and spectral and temporal properties of the sounds were obtained. Exp 2 was a survey to obtain ecological frequency counts. Exp 3 solicited perceptual–cognitive ratings. Factor analyses of spectral parameters and perceptual–cognitive ratings were performed. Identification time and causal uncertainty are highly interrelated, and both are related to ecological frequency and the presence of harmonics and similar spectral bursts. Exps 4 and 5 used a priming paradigm to verify correlational relationships between identification time and causal uncertainty and to assess the effect of sound typicality. Results support a hybrid approach for theories of everyday sound identification. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)