Auditory frequency discrimination in the white rat

Hearing Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 135-150

  Talwar, Sanjiv K ^a,b   Gerstein, George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albino rat; Frequency difference limen; Frequency discrimination; Response latency; Signal detection; Tone duration

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032423855     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00162-2     Document Type: Article

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