Consistency of magnitude estimations with conceptual data dimensions used for sonification

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 579-599

  Walker, Bruce N ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 34447578955     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1291     Document Type: Article

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