Tori of confusion: Binaural localization cues for sources within reach of a listener

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1627-1636

  Shinn Cunningham, Barbara G ^a   Santarelli, Scott ^a   Kopco, Norbert ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; EAR; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034092075     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428447     Document Type: Article

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