The psychophysics and physiology of comodulation masking release

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-417

  Verhey, Jesko L ^a   Pressnitzer, Daniel ^a   Winter, Ian M ^a  

^a PHYSIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Across frequency processing; Amplitude modulation; Auditory cortex; Cochlear nucleus; Wide band inhibition

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HUMANS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0348049865     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1607-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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