3-D localization of virtual sound sources: Effects of visual environment, pointing method, and training

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 454-469

  Majdak, Piotr ^a   Goupell, Matthew J ^a   Laback, Bernhard ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND DETECTION; VISION;

ADULT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349100324     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.2.454     Document Type: Article

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