Perceptual learning in temporal discrimination: Asymmetric cross-modal transfer from audition to vision

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-210

  Bratzke, Daniel ^a   Seifried, Tanja ^a   Ulrich, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory dominance; Perceptual learning; Temporal discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865976755     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3162-0     Document Type: Article

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