Improved auditory spatial acuity in visually deprived ferrets

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3945-3956

  King, Andrew J ^a   Parsons, Carl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross modal plasticity; Minimum audible angle; Perceptual learning; Sound localization; Visual auditory interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; HEARING ACUITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SUTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; FERRETS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; LEARNING; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032701103     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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