Judging the Urgency of Nonvocal Auditory Warning Signals: Perceptual and Cognitive Processes

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 196-212

  Guillaume, Anne ^a   Pellieux, Lionel ^a   Chastres, Véronique ^a   Drake, Carolyn ^b  

^a Inst de Med Aerospat   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HEARING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0242329383     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.9.3.196     Document Type: Article

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