Effect of Small Transmission Delay on Human Behavior in Audio Communication

Hitoshi OHNISHI  Kaname MOCHIZUKI 

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications  Vol.E92-B  No.3  pp.1020-1022
Publication Date: 2009/03/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Network
Keyword: 
audio communicationtransmission delaypsychological effectverbal conditioningartificial-grammar learning

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Summary: 
Transmission delay in audio communications is a well-known obstacle to achieving smooth communication. However, it is not known what kinds of effects are caused by small delays. We hypothesized that the small delay in the listener's responses disturbs the speaker's "verbal conditioning," where the verbal behavior of the speaker varies in accordance with the listener's responses. We examined whether the small delays in the listener's responses disturb the speaker's verbal conditioning using an artificial-grammar learning task. The results suggested that a 300-ms delay disturbed the participants' verbal conditioning although they were not adequately aware of the delay.