Effects of auditory context cues and training on performance of a point estimation sonification task

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1065-1087

  Smith, Daniel R ^a   Walker, Bruce N ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CALIBRATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 29744431535     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1146     Document Type: Article

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