Looming sounds as warning signals: The function of motion cues

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-33

  Bach, Dominik R ^a,b   Neuhoff, John G ^c   Perrig, Walter ^d   Seifritz, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c 931 College Mall   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Appraisal; Auditory looming; Motion cues; Phasic alertness; Rising sound intensity; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOUND INTENSITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 69649109321     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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