Neurobiology of speech perception

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue , 1997, Pages 331-353

  Fitch, R Holly ^a   Miller, Steve ^a   Tallal, Paula ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic cues; auditory system; temporal processing; timing; Wernicke's area

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

BRAIN; HUMANS; NEUROBIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031052735     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.20.1.331     Document Type: Review

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