Forward masking and gap detection measure the same resolution differently

Evidence

The results from Hawkins and Stevens (1950) illustrate a small, but robust, effect of signal frequency. However, we can better observe the relationship between the frequency of maskers and the frequencies of the signals when experiments are conducted under variable frequency conditions. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 461 (#expands, via linked claim)

For each participant, several suppressor levels were presented, and the level producing the greatest amount of suppression was used for analysis. The suppressor was an average of 4 dB below the off-frequency masker threshold obtained in Experiment 1 [SD = 1.60]. For younger adults, suppressors were presented at an average of 74.50 dB SPL [SD = 5.22] for low-side suppression and 74.23 dB SPL [SD = 4.00] for high-side suppression. For older adults, suppressors were presented at an average of 67.60 dB SPL [SD = 2.12] for low-side suppression and 75.20 dB SPL [SD = 3.68] for high-side suppression. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 940 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Forward masking persists up to 200 ms after the masker ends; Forward masking avoids the nonlinear effects that only arise from simultaneity.; Temporal ordering thresholds exceed gap detection thresholds by requiring memory (+3 more)

Related

• Forward masking avoids the nonlinear effects that only arise from simultaneity. (similarity 0.89)
• A suppressor below masker threshold can reduce forward masking without itself masking the signal (similarity 0.88)
• Masking effectiveness depends on masker-signal power, frequency, and timing relationships (similarity 0.88)
• Forward masking reveals how the ear’s perceptual representation of sound decays over time (similarity 0.87)
• Forward masking persists up to 200 ms after the masker ends (similarity 0.87)
• Forward masking requires maskers with similar frequency components and high intensity (similarity 0.87)
• Forward masking measures temporal processing between distinct sounds. (similarity 0.87)
• Forward masking decay slows markedly after masker offset in hearing loss (similarity 0.85)
• Masked threshold shape changes with masker level, becoming more asymmetric at high levels (similarity 0.85)
• Suppressor levels are set just below masker threshold to avoid contaminating forward masking (similarity 0.84)
• Masking operates on a continuous scale between audible and fully masked. (similarity 0.84)
• Postmasking can last up to 200 milliseconds after a masker ends (similarity 0.84)
• Forward masking presents masker before signal so the two never overlap in time (similarity 0.84)
• Masking depends on stimulus fluctuations in ways steady-state models cannot predict. (similarity 0.83)
• Masker effectiveness is determined solely by power falling within one auditory filter. (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Forward masking measures temporal processing between distinct sounds. #expands (0.85)
• Masking effectiveness depends on masker-signal power, frequency, and timing relationships #expands (0.75) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 461
• A suppressor below masker threshold can reduce forward masking without itself masking the signal #qualifies (0.72) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 940