Listener Expertise and Sound Identification Influence the Categorization of Environmental Sounds

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-32

  Lemaitre, Guillaume ^a   Houix, Olivier ^a   Misdariis, Nicolas ^a   Susini, Patrick ^a  

^a Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

Author keywords

categorization; causal uncertainty; environmental sounds; identification confidence; similarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOUND;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950502144     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018762     Document Type: Article

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