The effects of age on channel capacity for absolute identification of tonal duration

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 788-805

  Murphy, Dana R ^a   Schneider, Bruce A ^b   Bailey, Helen ^a  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955301932     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.3.788     Document Type: Article

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