Sensory constraints on auditory identification of the material and geometric properties of struck bars

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 350-360

  Lutfi, Robert A ^a   Stoelinga, Christophe N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SENSITIVITY; COMPUTATIONAL FORMULA; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; LIMITED SENSITIVITY; MATERIAL AND GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PSYCHOMETRIC FUNCTION; SOUND SOURCE; TRANSVERSE MOTIONS; VISCOELASTIC DAMPING; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DAMPING;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICS; MOTION; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 75949110358     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3263606     Document Type: Article

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