Psychophysical tuning curves of chinchillas

1 November 1976

journal article
research article
Published by Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Vol. 60 (5) , 1146-1150
https://doi.org/10.1121/1.381216

Abstract

Psychophysical tuning curves were obtained on normal chinchillas using a shock-avoidance technique. Curves were measured at several levels and frequencies of the signal, and both simultaneous and forward masking were employed. The chinchilla curves were similar to those obtained with human subjects by other researchers. A comparison of the chinchilla psychophysical tuning curves with cat physiological tuning curves showed that the 2 were similar in shape and shapness of tuning.