Sound orientation behavior in cats. I. Localization of broadband noise

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 2 I, 1996, Pages 1059-1069

  May, Bradford J ^a   Huang, Aileen Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; CONDITIONING; HEAD MOVEMENT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SENSOR; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY;

EID: 0029788655     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.416292     Document Type: Article

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