A model of top-down gain control in the auditory system

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1562-1578

  Schneider, Bruce A ^a   Parker, Scott ^b   Murphy, Dana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute identification; Amplification; Cochlear amplifier; Compression; Gain control; Hearing; Loudness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959220826     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-011-0097-7     Document Type: Article

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