Generalization of frequency discrimination learning across frequencies and ears: Implications for underlying neural mechanisms in humans

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-179

  Delhommeau, Karine ^a   Micheyl, Christophe ^b   Jouvent, Roland ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CNRS UMR 7593 Vulnerabilite Adaptation et Psychopathologie   (France)

Author keywords

Audition; Frequency discrimination; Learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 21244460804     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-005-5055-4     Document Type: Article

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