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Binaural “sluggishness” as a function of stimulus bandwidth

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Witton, C., Green, G.G., Henning, G.B. (2005). Binaural “sluggishness” as a function of stimulus bandwidth. In: Pressnitzer, D., de Cheveigné, A., McAdams, S., Collet, L. (eds) Auditory Signal Processing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27045-0_55

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