Localization of moving sounds by hemispherectomized subjects

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 37-49

  Lessard, N ^a   Lepore F ^a   Poirier, P ^a   Villemagne, J ^a   Lassonde, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory localization; Auditory pathways; Hemispherectomy; Monaural and binaural; Motion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 0032874480     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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