Mulcahy R F, Das J P
Percept Mot Skills. 1977 Jun;44(3 Pt 1):859-64. doi: 10.2466/pms.1977.44.3.859.
In order to compare the habituation of orienting responses to tones, words, and nonsense syllables, GSR and heart rate were recorded following mass (habituation) and discrete presentations of the stimuli. Each of 36 10-yr.-old boys and 36 male undergraduates listened to two presentations of a tone (word and nonsense syllable in a random order) under discrete condition in contrast to 40 presentations under mass condition. Immediately following 2 or 40 presentations, habituation of orienting response was measured while five instances of the stimulus were slowly presented. Results indicated (i) habituation of GSR but not of heart rate, (ii) nonsense syllables evoked the strongest GSRs and heart-rate changes among the three stimuli, and (iii) children showed stronger reactions than the adults in some measure of GSR and heart rate. These results were discussed in terms of the theory of Sokolov.
为了比较对音调、单词和无意义音节的定向反应的习惯化情况,在对刺激进行集中(习惯化)和离散呈现后,记录了皮肤电反应(GSR)和心率。36名10岁男孩和36名男性大学生中的每一个人,在离散条件下听了两种音调呈现(单词和无意义音节随机呈现),与之形成对比的是在集中条件下听40次呈现。在2次或40次呈现后,立即测量定向反应的习惯化情况,同时缓慢呈现5次刺激。结果表明:(i)皮肤电反应出现了习惯化,但心率未出现习惯化;(ii)在这三种刺激中,无意义音节引起的皮肤电反应和心率变化最为强烈;(iii)在皮肤电反应和心率的某些测量指标上,儿童比成年人表现出更强的反应。根据索科洛夫的理论对这些结果进行了讨论。