Build-up of auditory stream segregation induced by tone sequences of constant or alternating frequency and the resetting effects of single deviants

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1652-1666

  Haywood, Nicholas R ^a,b   Roberts, Brian ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory grouping; Build up; Deviant tone; Resetting; Stream segregation

Indexed keywords

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

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

EID: 84890102921     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032562     Document Type: Article

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