The AEP T-complex to synthesised musical tones: Left-right asymmetry in relation to handedness and hemisphere dominance

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 355-360

  Jones, S J ^a   Byrne, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory evoked potential; Complex tone; Cortical lateralization; Handedness; Hemisphere dominance; T complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031842508     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(98)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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