The Incongruency Advantage for Environmental Sounds Presented in Natural Auditory Scenes

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 551-565

  Gygi, Brian ^a   Shafiro, Valeriy ^b  

^a VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory context; Environmental sounds identification; Incongruency; Natural auditory scenes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954526032     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020671     Document Type: Article

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