Perceptual Asymmetries in Audition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 713-725

  Cusack, Rhodri ^a   Carlyon, Robert P ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEARING; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HEARING; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 0141642096     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.29.3.713     Document Type: Article

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