Temporal coherence and attention in auditory scene analysis

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 114-123

  Shamma, Shihab A ^a   Elhilali, Mounya ^b   Micheyl, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOUND;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952248392     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2010.11.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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