Latency of the auditory evoked neuromagnetic field components: Stimulus dependence and insights toward perception

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 114-129

  Roberts, Timothy P L ^a,c   Ferrari, Paul ^a   Stufflebeam, Steven M ^a   Poeppel, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Latency; Magnetoencephalography; Perception; Stimulus attributes; Temporal encoding

Indexed keywords

EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0034024153     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200003000-00002     Document Type: Review

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