Hearing Foreign Voices: Does Knowing What is Said Affect Visual-Masked-Speech Detection?

Perception ◽  
10.1068/p3466 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeesun Kim ◽  
Chris Davis
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Signal Amplification ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Large Impact ◽  
Perceptual Integration ◽  
Speech Detection ◽  
Detection Ability ◽  
Sensory Enhancement ◽  
Highly Correlated

We investigated audio-visual (AV) perceptual integration by examining the effect of seeing the speaker's synchronised moving face on masked-speech detection ability. Signal amplification and higher-level cognitive accounts of an AV advantage were contrasted, the latter by varying whether participants knew the language of the speaker. An AV advantage was shown for sentences whose mid-to-high-frequency acoustic envelope was highly correlated with articulator movement, regardless of knowledge of the language. For low-correlation sentences, knowledge of the language had a large impact; for participants with no knowledge of the language an AV inhibitory effect was found (providing support for reports of a compelling AV illusion). The results indicate a role for both sensory enhancement and higher-level cognitive factors in AV speech detection.

scholarly journals Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS): A Potential Arthroscopic Tool for Quantitative Assessment of Articular Cartilage

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Ping Huang ◽  
Yong-Ping Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Articular Cartilage ◽  
Intravascular Ultrasound ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
The Body ◽  
High Frequency Ultrasound ◽  
Surface Reflection ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Highly Correlated

Conventional ultrasound examination of the articular cartilage performed externally on the body surface around the joint has limited accuracy due to the inadequacy in frequency used. In contrast to this, minimally invasive arthroscopy-based ultrasound with adequately high frequency may be a better alternative to assess the cartilage. Up to date, no special ultrasound transducer for imaging the cartilage in arthroscopic use has been designed. In this study, we introduced the intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for this purpose. An IVUS system with a catheter-based probe (Ø ≈ 1mm) was used to measure the thickness and surface acoustical reflection of the bovine patellar articular cartilage in vitro before and after degeneration induced by enzyme treatments. Similar measurement was performed using another high frequency ultrasound system (Vevo) with a probe of much larger size and the results were compared between the two systems. The thickness measured using IVUS was highly correlated (r = 0.985, p < 0.001) with that obtained by Vevo. Thickness and surface reflection amplitude measured using IVUS on the enzymatically digested articular cartilage showed changes similar to those obtained by Vevo, which were expectedly consistent with previous investigations. IVUS can be potentially used for the quantitative assessment of articular cartilage, with its ready-to-use arthroscopic feature.

The Auditory System of Homorocoryphus (Tettigonioidea, Orthoptera)

1969 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. McKAY
Keyword(s):  
Auditory System ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Behavioural Response ◽  
Inhibitory Input ◽  
Phasic Response ◽  
Directional Information ◽  
High Frequency Sound ◽  
Song Frequency

1. The responses of the auditory interneurones indicate that the tettigoniid ear discriminates frequencies. 2. The T fibre receives strong ipsilateral and weak contralateral excitatory inputs and a strong contralateral inhibitory input, from the tympanic nerves. These inputs are frequency-sensitive, the response being greatest at 30 kcyc./sec. and above. Responsiveness is low in the region of 15 kcyc./sec., which is the dominant song frequency. 3. At 30 kcyc./sec. the T fibre is most sensitive to amplitude increments, and conveys maximal directional information. Both the T fibre and the ear (as judged by the compound potential in the tympanic nerve) respond to steps of 2 dB. The directionality of the ear is enhanced by the contralateral inhibitory connexions of the T fibre. At 15 kcyc./sec. directionality is poor, but is present at 10 kcyc./sec. 4. The T fibre is inhibited by continuous sounds, including the species song. The extent of the inhibitory effect varies with the amplitude of the continuous sound. This may assist in explaining the ‘phasic’ response of the T fibre. There is little habituation to repetitive stimuli. 5. A small interneurone seen in split connectives gives a ‘tonic’ response to song and to continuous sound. It may inhibit the T fibre. Two other auditory fibres are occasionally recorded in the connectives. 6. The T fibre has all the properties required of a warning system responding to pulsed high-frequency sound, and it responds well to bat cries. There is, however, no evidence that it mediates a behavioural response.

Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by Hydrogenase in Cultures of Cyanobacteria

1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick C. Hallenbeck ◽  
Leon V. Kochian ◽  
John R. Benemann
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Nitrogenase Activity ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Hydrogenase Activity ◽  
Oxygen Inhibition ◽  
Oxygen Sensitive

Abstract Cultures of Anabaena cylindrica, grown on media containing 5 mᴍ NH4Cl (which represses heterocyst formation), evolved hydrogen after a period of dark incubation under an argon atmosphere. This hydrogen production was not due to nitrogenase activity, which was nearly undetectable, but was due to a hydrogenase. Cultures grown on media with tungsten substituted for molybdenum had a high frequency of heterocysts (15%) and inactive nitrogenase after nitrogen starvation. The hydrogenase activity of these cultures was three-fold greater than the activity of non-heterocystous cultures. The effects of oxygen inhibition on hydrogen evolution by hetero-cystous cultures suggest that two pools of hydrogenase activity exist - an oxygen sensitive hydrogen evolution in vegetative cells and a relatively oxygen-resistent hydrogen evolution in heterocysts. In either case, inhibition by oxygen was reversible. Light had an inhibitory effect on net hydrogen evolution. Hydrogen production in vitro was much higher than in vivo, indicating that in vivo hydrogenase activity is limited by endogenous reductant supply.

Inhibitory effect of ethacrynic acid on chloride permeability

1976 ◽  
Vol 231 (5) ◽  
pp. 1485-1489 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Motais ◽  
JL Cousin
Keyword(s):  
Hydrophobic Interaction ◽  
Ethacrynic Acid ◽  
Chloride Transport ◽  
Direct Proof ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Ringer Solution ◽  
Relative Activity ◽  
Chloride Permeability ◽  
Sh Group ◽  
Highly Correlated

Ethacrynic acid inhibits anion movements in ox red blood cells. The I50 for chloride is 7 X 10(-6) M. The inhibitory effect is instantaneous and completely reversed by washing the cells with a Ringer solution, suggesting that reaction with a membrane SH group is not involved in this process. Direct proof that ethacrynic acid does not act by its reactivity with thiol groups is given by experiments with dihydroethacrynic acid, a derivative that lacks the ability to combine with SH groups: the characteristics of inhibition are strictly identical (instantaneous and reversible; I50 equals 9 X 10(-6) M). All the phenoxyacetic derivatives tested were also more or less inhibitory. The relative activity of all the derivatives was highly correlated with their liposolubility, indicating that hydrophobic interaction is important in determining drug effect and influence of steric factors is minimal. The data suggest that inhibition essentially results from a hydrophobic interaction between ethacrynic acid and apolar regions of the membrane protein allowing chloride transport.

Regime Change of the Boreal Summer Hadley Circulation and Its Connection with the Tropical SST

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (15) ◽  
pp. 3867-3877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Feng ◽  
Jianping Li ◽  
Jincheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Regime Change ◽  
Hadley Circulation ◽  
Warm Pool ◽  
Boreal Summer ◽  
Tropical Atlantic ◽  
Asymmetric Mode ◽  
Pacific Warm Pool ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Relationship Of

Abstract The year-to-year variability of the boreal summer [June–August (JJA)] Hadley circulation (HC) is dominated by an asymmetric mode centered in the Northern Hemisphere (AMN) and a quasi-symmetric mode centered at 5°N (QSM). The regime change of the JJA HC is revealed by the phase reversal of the time series of the AMN, showing significant weakening of the northern part of the JJA HC and a reversed seesaw relationship of the zonal-mean updraft over 10°–20°N and around the equator. This transition is accompanied by the southward retreat of the HC core and is well correlated with the weakening of tropical summer monsoons. The strong warming trends of the sea surface temperature over the tropical Atlantic and Indo–west Pacific warm pool play an important role in the regime change of the JJA HC. The high-frequency interannual variability of the JJA HC, however, is mainly featured by the QSM and is highly correlated with the Niño-3.4 index, implying that ENSO’s influence is mainly on the high-frequency interannual time scale.

scholarly journals Effect of Detergent on the Quantification of Grapevine Downy Mildew Sporangia from Leaf Discs

HortScience ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 656-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Kono ◽  
Akihiko Sato ◽  
Bruce Reisch ◽  
Lance Cadle-Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Downy Mildew ◽  
Leaf Disc ◽  
Plasmopara Viticola ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Tween 20 ◽  
Infected Leaf ◽  
Grapevine Downy Mildew ◽  
Visual Rating ◽  
Leaf Discs ◽  
Highly Correlated

Grapevine downy mildew (DM), caused by the oomycete Plasmopara viticola (Berk. & Curt.) Berlese & de Toni, is a major disease, especially in humid viticultural areas. Development of resistant cultivars is an important objective for grapevine breeding. To establish a reliable and inexpensive quantitative method to aid in breeding for DM resistance, we improved the method for counting the number of sporangia on leaf discs, and developed a method for counting the number of sporangia in solution. To prevent the loss of DM sporangia from adhesion onto plastic ware, we found as little as 0.01% Tween 20 was effective. On the other hand, this detergent was shown to have a severe inhibitory effect upon DM infection of leaves. We developed a sporangia counting method using dried droplets of DM suspensions, and the method was highly correlated with counting by hemacytometer (R2 > 0.96). The nonparametric Spearman’s rank correlations between visual rating and the number of the sporangia were as high as ρ = 0.82 to 0.91, suggesting that evaluation by the visual rating could provide a good estimate of the sporangia numbers on leaf discs. We established a high-throughput and inexpensive method with acceptable accuracy for DM resistance evaluation based on a leaf disc assay, and our results suggested that visual ratings of infected leaf discs provide a good estimate of sporangia numbers.

The influence of different electrode configurations on the inhibitory effect of subthreshold high-frequency stimuli

1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 1681-1688 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. CHORRO ◽  
J. SANCHIS ◽  
V. LóPEZ-MERINO ◽  
M. BURGUERA ◽  
M. L. MARTINEZ-MAS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Inhibitory Effect

scholarly journals Autonomic effects on the spectral analysis of heart rate variability after exercise

2009 ◽  
Vol 297 (4) ◽  
pp. H1421-H1428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Ng ◽  
Sri Sundaram ◽  
Alan H. Kadish ◽  
Jeffrey J. Goldberger
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Domain ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Frequency Domain Analysis ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Rr Intervals ◽  
Autonomic Blockade ◽  
Frequency Components ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Although frequency-domain analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) has been performed in the setting of exercise and recovery from exercise, the relationship of specific frequency components to sympathetic and parasympathetic inputs has not been validated in this setting. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship of frequency components of HRV to sympathetic and parasympathetic modulation in the setting of recovery after exercise using selective autonomic blockade. Normal subjects ( n = 27, 17 men, 53 ± 7 yr old) underwent bicycle stress testing on four separate days. On day 1, a baseline study without autonomic blockade was performed. On days 2 through 4, either β-adrenergic, parasympathetic, or double blockade was administered during exercise and completed 3 min before recovery. Continuous ECG was recorded for 5 min starting from the end of exercise. Time- and frequency-domain measures of HRV were computed for each of the five 1-min segments of RR intervals. Parasympathetic blockade significantly decreased all the HRV measures compared with baseline ( P < 0.02 for all). Root mean square of successive differences of RR intervals (rMSSD) was increased by β-adrenergic blockade ( P < 0.0002). All the HRV measures except rMSSD showed increases with time after the first minute of recovery. The low frequency-to-high frequency ratio did not respond to autonomic blockade or to recovery time, consistent with the expected changes in sympathovagal influence. Root mean square (detrended SD) and rMSSD were highly correlated with the square root of the total power ( r = 0.96) and high-frequency power ( r = 0.95), respectively. Although there are marked reductions in the frequency-domain measures in recovery versus rest, the fluctuations in the low- and high-frequency bands respond to autonomic blockade in the expected fashion. Time-domain measures of HRV were highly correlated with frequency-domain measures and therefore provide a computationally more efficient assessment of autonomic influences during recovery from exercise that is less susceptible to anomalies of frequency-domain analysis.

Electronic Picture in the Normal States of High-Tc Superconductors: From the Optical Viewpoint

1989 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Tajima
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Metal ◽  
Frequency Spectrum ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Fermi Liquid ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
High Tc Superconductors ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Electronic Model ◽  
Normal States ◽  
Highly Correlated

ABSTRACTThe specific features of the optical spectra in the high-Tc Cu-oxides are discussed. The low-frequency spectral behavior can be explained by the highly correlated electronic model, whereas in the high-frequency spectrum the behavior of the Fermi liquid metal shows up.

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