Perceptual learning and generalization resulting from training on an auditory amplitude-modulation detection task

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 898-906

  Fitzgerald, Matthew B ^a   Wright, Beverly A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC PERFORMANCE; BAND PASS; BEFORE AND AFTER; CARRIER SPECTRUM; LOW-PASS; MODULATION DETECTION; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; SINUSOIDAL AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

AUDITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952160963     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3531841     Document Type: Article

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