Frequency difference limens at high frequencies: Evidence for a transition from a temporal to a place code

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1542-1547

  Moore, Brian C J ^a   Ernst, Stephan M A ^b  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTER FREQUENCY; DIFFERENCE LIMEN; FREQUENCY DIFFERENCES; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; PHASE-LOCKING; PURE TONES;

ACOUSTICS; PHYSICS;

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866268487     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4739444     Document Type: Article

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