Activation of duration-sensitive auditory cortical fields in humans

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 531-539

  Alain, Claude ^a,b,c   L Woods, David ^a,b   Covarrubias, Diego ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b N California System of Clinics   (United States)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory; Cortex; Dichotic; Evoked potentials; Frequency; Latency; Temporal integration; Tone duration; Tonotopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCALP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031282227     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(97)00057-9     Document Type: Article

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