Are there critical bands in kinesthesia?

Abstract

The effect of changing the bandwidth of noise on the ability of human subjects to detect a 10-Hz sinusoidal movement signal was measured in two experiments. The objective of these studies was to investigate whether critical bands exist for the kinesthetic system, as has been demonstrated for the auditory and tactile systems. It was found that subjects' ability to detect a 10-Hz sinusoidal movement stimulus embedded in noise was not influenced by the bandwidth of the noise over a range of 4-10 Hz. These findings suggest that, ifa critical fJ.lter does exist for this system, it would have to be greater than 10Hz.

Rodent auditory perception: Critical band limitations and plasticity

“…While critical bands have been observed in other sensory modalities (Marks, 1979; Jones et al, 1999; Nefs et al, 2003), they have been most thoroughly investigated in the auditory system. We review the rodent auditory critical band literature, describing the known anatomical and physiological basis for critical bands, as well as discussing the potential for plasticity throughout the central auditory system with respect to modifying critical bands and improving the limits of auditory perception.…”