COMPARING ATHLETES’ AUDIO-VISUAL REACTION PERCEPTION AND RHYTHMIC PERCEPTION
- Gazi University, Department of Music, Gazi University Rectorship, Ankara, TURKEY.
- Gazi University, Electrical Electronics Engineering, Eti District, Yukselis Street, Gazi University Engineering.
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This study was performed in the silent environment and the aim was analyzing athletes’ right-left hand audio and visual reaction scores/responses and understanding the relationship between audio and visual perception and rhythmic perception which was tested with a specific rhythm pattern. Totally, 24 students who were in Gazi University Physical Education and Sports School joined to this study. Test subjects’ audio and visual reaction time measurements were obtained with NEWTEST 1000 in the silent environment. Data obtained from the study were analyzed with SPSS 25.0 (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). To examine the rhythmic perception of subjects, a special rhythm pattern was used. In the analysis phase, sound recordings (in .wav format) were processed with using MATLAB and resulting signals were compared in the power spectrum area. In the interpretation phase, the similarity rates between test subjects’ rhythms and the original test rhythm were calculated by MSE (Mean Squared Error) statistical function. At the end of the analysis, average visual reaction times for left hand and for right hand and average audio reaction times for left hand and for right hand in the silent atmosphere were calculated as 203,375 ms; 199,541 ms, 190,625 ms; 180,833 ms, respectively. According to the statistical analysis of audio and visual reaction data, athletes’ audio reaction perception was better than visual reaction perception. Also, for analyzing the dominance of right-left hand, generally, it was observed that right hand was more dominant in the audio reaction measurements. According to the obtained data, in the rhythm perception phase, results which were closer to the original rhythm pattern were evaluated from the participants whose audio reaction times were shorter than visual reaction times. Indeed, the success rate in rhythm perception was calculated as 89%. Indeed, a significant correlation was found between audio reaction times and rhythm perception.
[Naciye HARDALAC, Berkan URAL (2015); COMPARING ATHLETES’ AUDIO-VISUAL REACTION PERCEPTION AND RHYTHMIC PERCEPTION Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Jul). 618-627] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
