The perception of concurrent sound objects in harmonic complexes impairs gap detection

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 727-736

  Leung, Ada W S ^a   Jolicoeur, Pierre ^b,c   Vachon, François ^b,d   Alain, Claude ^a,e  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^c International Laboratory for Brain Music and Sound (BRAMS)   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory scene analysis; Gap detection; Harmonic; Mistuned

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE; SOUND DETECTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958699589     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021932     Document Type: Article

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