Coding of temporally fluctuating interaural timing disparities in a binaural processing model based on phase differences

Brain Research

Volumn 1220, Issue , 2008, Pages 234-245

  Dietz, Mathias ^a   Ewert, Stephan D ^a   Hohmann, Volker ^a   Kollmeier, Birger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory model; Auditory system; Binaural processing; Interaural difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 48949119357     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.09.026     Document Type: Article

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