Sound localization: Information theory analysis

Human Factors

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-68

  Wallace, John S ^a   Fisher, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; HUMAN REACTION TIME; INFORMATION THEORY; LOUDSPEAKERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

BROADBAND NOISE SIGNALS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 0032031203     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872098779480532     Document Type: Article

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