How visual cues for when to listen aid selective auditory attention

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-368

  Varghese, Lenny A ^a   Ozmeral, Erol J ^b   Best, Virginia ^b   Shinn Cunningham, Barbara G ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cross modal enhancement; Energetic masking; Informational masking; Spatial separation, visual cues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BIRD SONG; DIOTICAL FUNCTION; FEMALE; FINCH; HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; FINCHES; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865515695     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-012-0314-7     Document Type: Article

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