Plasticity in human sound localization induced by compressed spatial vision

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-181

  Zwiers, Marcel P ^a   Van Opstal, A John ^a   Paige, Gary D ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN; CUES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037314838     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn999     Document Type: Article

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