arXiv:2609.08422eess.AS2026-09

HRTF个性化影响听觉动作规划,而非仅提升定位准确度。

Beyond Localisation Accuracy: Sensorimotor Effects of HRTF Individualisation

论文配图:Beyond Localisation Accuracy: Sensorimotor Effects of HRTF Individualisation
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  • 用自由移动的视觉搜索任务测试听觉引导动作
  • 无回声环境下个性化HRTF使反应快200毫秒,尤其改善前后方向
  • 适合关注听觉-运动协同的用户体验与虚拟现实研究者

日常听觉依赖大脑整合身体、环境、其他感官及运动信息,持续将听觉信号转化为行动。然而,当前对个体化头相关传递函数(HRTF)的评估仍主要基于定位准确性,可能无法充分反映其在感知-运动过程中的实际影响。本研究采用听觉引导的视觉搜索范式,让被试在自由移动中通过共位置虚拟声音定位视觉目标,比较无回声与混响条件下个体化与非个体化HRTF的表现。结果显示,在无回声环境中,个体化HRTF显著缩短反应时间,平均减少约200毫秒,且前后方向源的优势最明显;该优势主要体现在动作启动阶段,整体运动范围变化较小。而在混响条件下,个体化差异消失。结果表明,即使传统定位差异有限,HRTF个体化仍可影响听觉引导动作的计划与启动。因此,结合定位表现与感知-运动行为评估,能更敏感、更贴近真实场景地揭示个体化HRTF的感知益处。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Everyday listening requires the brain to integrate cues from the body, environment, other senses, and movement, continuously translating auditory information into action. Yet HRTF individualisation is still commonly assessed through localisation accuracy, which may not fully capture its effects on this sensorimotor process. Here, we investigate whether these effects can instead be revealed through behaviour in a more ecologically valid listening task. We used an aurally guided visual search paradigm in which listeners located a visual target using a co-located virtual sound while moving freely, comparing individualised and non-individualised HRTFs under anechoic and reverberant conditions. Performance was assessed through response times and measures of movement organisation. In anechoic conditions, individualised HRTFs produced faster responses than non-individualised HRTFs, with an average reduction of approximately 200ms and the clearest benefit for front-back source locations. This advantage was expressed primarily in movement initiation, whereas overall movement extent was only weakly affected. Under reverberant conditions, HRTF-dependent differences disappeared. These results suggest that HRTF individualisation can influence how listeners plan and initiate orienting actions even when differences in conventional localisation outcomes are limited. Assessing sensorimotor behaviour alongside localisation performance may therefore provide a more sensitive and ecologically relevant account of the perceptual benefits of HRTF individualisation.

HRTF听觉运动虚拟声音定位精度

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