Summary statistics in auditory perception

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 493-498

  McDermott, Josh H ^a   Schemitsch, Michael ^b   Simoncelli, Eero P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; HEARING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875683018     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3347     Document Type: Article

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