Hemispheric asymmetries for the temporal resolution of brief auditory stimuli

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 442-447

  Brown, Suzanne ^a   Nicholls, Michael E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031110170     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211910     Document Type: Article

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