Behavioral limits of auditory temporal resolution in the rat: Amplitude modulation and duration discrimination

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-105

  Kelly, Jack B ^a   Cooke, James E ^a   Gilbride, Patrick C ^a   Mitchell, Craig ^a   Zhang, Huiming ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Auditory temporal processing; Hearing; Rate and duration discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TIME PERCEPTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745662685     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.120.2.98     Document Type: Article

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