Development of multisensory spatial integration and perception in humans

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 454-464

  Neil, Patricia A ^a,d   Chee Ruiter, Christine ^a   Scheier, Christian ^a   Lewkowicz, David J ^b   Shimojo, Shinsuke ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d CNA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746818745     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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