Interactive processing of timbre dimensions: A Garner interference study

Brain Research

Volumn 1138, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-170

  Caclin, Anne ^a,b,c,d   Giard, Marie Hélène ^b,c,d   Smith, Bennett K ^a,e   McAdams, Stephen ^a,e  

^a Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Institut Federatif des Neurosciences   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audition; Dimensional interaction; Garner interference; Reaction time; Timbre

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33847123686     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.12.065     Document Type: Article

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