Stability of central binaural sound localization mechanisms in mammals, and the Heffner hypothesis

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 889-900

  Phillips, Dennis P ^a   Quinlan, Chelsea K ^a   Dingle, Rachel N ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binaural hearing; Evolution of the auditory system; Lower envelope principle; Mammals; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY ORIENTATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VISUAL FIELD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84856078119     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.11.003     Document Type: Review

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