Auditory sensory memory disorder in dyslexic adults as indexed by the mismatch negativity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1323-1327

  Kujala, T ^a   Belitz, S ^a   Tervaniemi, M ^a,b   Naatanen R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Helsinki Brain Research Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Human; Masking; Mismatch negativity; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS;

EID: 0037363634     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02559.x     Document Type: Article

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