Auditory stream segregation for alternating and synchronous tones

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1568-1580

  Micheyl, Christophe ^a   Hanson, Coral ^a   Demany, Laurent ^b   Oxenham, Andrew J ^a   Shamma, Shihab ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory stream; Perceptual organization; Stream segregation; Temporal coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUND; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOUND; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880742824     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032241     Document Type: Article

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