Hierarchical organization of auditory temporal context sensitivity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6987-6998

  Lewicki, Michael S ^a,b   Arthur, Benjamin J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory response properties; context sensitivity; field L; hierarchical organization; HVc; neural integration; order sensitivity; song system

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BIRD; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FEMALE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029956807     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-21-06987.1996     Document Type: Article

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