Sensory noise explains auditory frequency discrimination learning induced by training with identical stimuli

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-7

  Micheyl, Christophe ^a   McDermott, Josh H ^a   Oxenham, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 64749104172     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.71.1.5     Document Type: Article

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