Effects of recurrent tonal information on auditory working memory for pitch

Hearing Research

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 14-21

  Ries, Dennis T ^a   DiGiovanni, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a and Language Sciences   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory working memory; Difference limen; Frequency; Pitch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENING VARIABLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849092268     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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