Representation of acoustic signals in the eight nerve of the Tokay gecko. II. Masking of pure tones with noise

Hearing Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 131-142

  Sams Dodd, Frank ^a,b   Capranica, Robert R ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

critical band; critical ratio; noise masking; reptile; spectral encoding; temporal encoding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; COCHLEAR NERVE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; TUNING CURVE;

EID: 0030272202     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00104-9     Document Type: Article

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