The enhancement effect: Evidence for adaptation of inhibition using a binaural centering task

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2088-2094

  Byrne, Andrew J ^a   Stellmack, Mark A ^a   Viemeister, Neal F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEMS; EFFECTIVE GAIN; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; FORWARD-MASKING;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954487247     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3552880     Document Type: Article

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