Looming sounds are perceived as faster than receding sounds

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Neuhoff, John G ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Auditory looming; Auditory motion perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029212182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23657464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41235-016-0017-4     Document Type: Article

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