Perceptual learning in auditory temporal discrimination: No evidence for a cross-modal transfer to the visual modality

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 382-389

  Lapid, Einat ^a   Ulrich, Rolf ^a   Rammsayer, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE VALUATION AND PURCHASE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849135016     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.2.382     Document Type: Article

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