Improved segregation of simultaneous talkers differentially affects perceptual and cognitive capacity demands for recognizing speech in competing speech

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 501-516

  Francis, Alexander L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951892596     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.2.501     Document Type: Article

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