Auditory neuroscience: The salience of looming sounds

Deborah A. Hall; David R. Moore

doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00034-4

Auditory neuroscience: The salience of looming sounds

Deborah A. Hall^*, David R. Moore

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Abstract

Sounds that move towards us have a greater biological salience than those that move away. Recent studies in human and non-human primates have demonstrated a perceptual and behavioural priority for such looming sounds that is also reflected in an asymmetric pattern of cortical activation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R91-R93
Number of pages	3
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00034-4
Publication status	Published - Feb 2003

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General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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