Perception of auditory signals

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1224, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-108

  Recanzone, Gregg H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Macaque; Perception; Sound localization; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MACACA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79954540599     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05920.x     Document Type: Review

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