Effects of cross-modal selective attention on the sensory periphery: Cochlear sensitivity is altered by selective attention

Neuroscience

Volumn 223, Issue , 2012, Pages 325-332

  Srinivasan, S ^a   Keil, A ^a,b   Stratis, K ^a   Woodruff Carr, K L ^a,b   Smith, D W ^a,b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Corticofugal; Intermodal attention; Medial olivocochlear efferent; Outer hair cells; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COCHLEA; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMODAL ATTENTION; MALE; MEDIAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR EFFERENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTER HAIR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866502724     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.07.062     Document Type: Article

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