Relearning sound localization with new ears

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 417-421

  Hofman, Paul M ^a   Van Riswick, Jos G A ^a   Van Opstal, A John ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CALIBRATION; EAR; EXTERNAL EAR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CALIBRATION; EAR; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 33644671582     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/1633     Document Type: Article

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