The influence of stimulus properties on multisensory processing in the awake primate superior colliculus

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-132

  Bell, Andrew H ^b   Corneil, Brian D ^b   Meredith, M Alex ^b   Munoz, Douglas P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECHOLOCATION; EYE FIXATION; HEARING; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ECHOLOCATION; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035376227     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087359     Document Type: Article

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