Detection of modulated tones in modulated noise by non-human primates

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 801-821

  Bohlen, Peter ^a   Dylla, Margit ^a   Timms, Courtney ^a   Ramachandran, Ramnarayan ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amplitude modulation; behavior; comodulation; detection

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; RHESUS MONKEY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND PRESSURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING; MALE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NOISE;

EID: 84907210549     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-014-0467-7     Document Type: Article

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