A signal detection analysis of auditory-frequency discrimination in the rat

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1784-1800

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING ACUITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0032969307     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.426716     Document Type: Article

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