What determines auditory similarity? the effect of stimulus group and methodology

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-83

  Aldrich, Kirsteen M ^a   Hellier, Elizabeth J ^a   Edworthy, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory cognition; Auditory processing; Categorical perception; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Multidimensional scaling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND;

EID: 58149333708     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701814451     Document Type: Article

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