Loudness Change in Response to Dynamic Acoustic Intensity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1631-1644

  Olsen, Kirk N ^a   Stevens, Catherine J ^a   Tardieu, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic intensity; Auditory looming; Dynamics; Loudness change; Music perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MUSIC; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650106716     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018389     Document Type: Article

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