Auditory spatial attention using interaural time differences

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 717-729

  Sach, Andrew J ^a   Hill, Nicholas I ^a   Bailey, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034167375     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.26.2.717     Document Type: Article

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