Fast recognition of musical sounds based on timbre

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4124-4133

  Agus, Trevor R ^a   Suied, Clara ^a   Thorpe, Simon J ^b   Pressnitzer, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

FAST RECOGNITION; GO/NO-GO TASKS; HUMAN LISTENERS; MUSICAL SOUNDS; NATURAL SOUNDS; NEURAL MECHANISMS; TEMPORAL FEATURES; TEMPORAL SIGNATURES;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84863811007     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3701865     Document Type: Article

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