Auditory-Visual Object Recognition Time Suggests Specific Processing for Animal Sounds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Suied, Clara ^a   Viaud Delmon, Isabelle ^a  

^a Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; VISION;

ADULT; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649238146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005256     Document Type: Article

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