Meaning From Environmental Sounds: Types of Signal-Referent Relations and Their Effect on Recognizing Auditory Icons

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-12

  Keller, Peter ^a,b   Stevens, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 1842477638     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.10.1.3     Document Type: Article

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