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W Owen Brimijoin1, Michael A Akeroyd

  • 1MRC Institute of Hearing Research (Scottish Section), Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK;

I-Perception
|November 13, 2012
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Keywords:
auditory illusionauditory vestibular interactionegocentric motionfront back confusionhead movementspatial processing

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