Versuche über das räumliche Hören

Summary

In difference to Directional Hearing a test-situation is demonstrated which makes it possible to measure the mistake (pointing finger) for the three dimensions of the subjective polar system of coordinates (horizontal, vertical and distance = radius). For the right and the left side the average shift of the center and the deviation (error) are calculated.

When testing lateral (45°) the average error is a little smaller for the horizontal scale than for the vertical one. As far as the distance is concerned the results of the testpersons varied considerably: while some of the persons showed surprisingly good location ability, others supposed the noise to come from outside the camera silens.

A distinction is made between persons of different age and handedness. The test also including a factor of short time memory was carried out on persons suffering from recent or old lesions of the temporal lobe.