Properties of auditory stream formation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1591, 2012, Pages 919-931

  Moore, Brian C J ^a   Gockel, Hedwig E ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bistability; Fission; Fusion; Perceptual stream formation; Sound sequences

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; NEUROLOGY; PERCEPTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84857609328     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0355     Document Type: Review

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