Covert Auditory Spatial Orienting: An Evaluation of the Spatial Relevance Hypothesis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1178-1191

  Roberts, Katherine L ^a   Summerfield, A Quentin ^b   Hall, Deborah A ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attention; auditory perception; cues; endogenous orienting; exogenous orienting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SOUND DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 69049119145     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014249     Document Type: Article

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