Top-down gain control in the auditory system: Evidence from identification and discrimination experiments

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 598-615

  Parker, Scott ^a   Murphy, Dana R ^b   Schneider, Bruce A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036582492     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194729     Document Type: Article

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