Head-centred meridian effect on auditory spatial attention orienting

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 937-963

  Ferlazzo, Fabio ^a   Couyoumdjian, Alessandro ^a   Padovani, Tullia ^a   Belardinelli, Marta Olivetti ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEAD; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; SOUND DETECTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036635812     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980143000569     Document Type: Article

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