Evidence for two pitch encoding mechanisms using a selective auditory training paradigm

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 189-197

  Grimault, Nicolas ^a,b   Micheyl, Christophe ^a   Carlyon, Robert P ^c   Collet, Lionel ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Groupe Entendre GIPA2   (France)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SOUND DETECTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036482699     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195785     Document Type: Article

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