Sensory compensation in sound localization in people with one eye

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 565-574

  Hoover, Adria E N ^a   Harris, Laurence R ^a   Steeves, Jennifer K E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binocular viewing; Cross modal plasticity; Cross modal sensory compensation; Enucleation; Monocular viewing; Spatial sound processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONAURAL HEARING; MONOCULAR VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY COMPENSATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOUND DETECTION; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTATION; BLINDNESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ILLUSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867327063     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2960-0     Document Type: Article

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