Auditory stream segregation and the perception of across-frequency synchrony

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1029-1039

  Micheyl, Christophe ^a   Hunter, Cynthia ^a   Oxenham, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchrony; Auditory perception; Perceptual organization; Stream segregation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION; SOUND DETECTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955783264     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017601     Document Type: Article

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