Afferent response parameters derived from postmasker probe-detection thresholds: 'The decay of sensation' revisited

Hearing Research

Volumn 175, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 14-35

  Nizami, Lance ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward masking; Gaussian; Just detectable increment; Psychometric; Sensation; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYNAMICS; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEARING ACUITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; AUDITORY MASKING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL PROBE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMETRICS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0037225380     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(02)00706-2     Document Type: Article

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