Age-related difference in melodic pitch perception is probably mediated by temporal processing: Empirical and computational evidence

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-186

  Russo, Frank A ^a,b   Ives, D Timothy ^c   Goy, Huiwen ^d   Pichora Fuller, M Kathleen ^b,d   Patterson, Roy D ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857891760     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e318233acee     Document Type: Article

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