The role of attention in the formation of auditory streams

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-152

  Sussman, Elyse S ^a   Horváth, János ^b   Winkler, István ^b,c   Mark, Orr ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447328776     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194460     Document Type: Article

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