Inhibitory influences on asynchrony as a cue for auditory segregation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1231-1242

  Holmes, Stephen D ^a,b   Roberts, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties; Asynchrony; Auditory grouping; Auditory segregation; Broadband inhibition; Captor properties; Cochlear nucleus; Cues; Harmonics; Psychophysical responses; Vowel timbre

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CUES; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749426356     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.5.1231     Document Type: Article

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