Auditory Memory for Timbre

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 855-875

  McKeown, Denis ^a   Wellsted, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

auditory context; sensory memory; timbre

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549091386     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013708     Document Type: Article

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