Inhibitory processes in auditory selective attention: Evidence of location-based and frequency-based inhibition of return

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 296-302

  Mondor, Todd A ^a   Breau, Lynn M ^b   Milliken, Bruce ^c  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HEARING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND DETECTION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031989578     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206038     Document Type: Article

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