Human sound localization: Measurements in untrained, head-unrestrained subjects using gaze as a pointer

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-30

  Populin, Luis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaze; Head unrestrained orienting; Human; Memory saccade task; Motor error; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NECK MUSCLES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACCADES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 49649088577     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1445-2     Document Type: Article

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