Temporal integration of consecutive tones into synthetic vowels demonstrates perceptual assembly in audition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 857-869

  Saija, Jefta D ^a,b   Andringa, Tjeerd C ^b   Başkent, Deniz ^a,b   Akyürek, Elkan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Rapid serial auditory presentation; Synthetic vowels; Temporal integration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897951002     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035146     Document Type: Article

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