Coding of temporal onset envelope in the auditory system

Speech Communication

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-134

  Heil, Peter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Latency; Temporal coding; Temporal envelope; Transient

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

AUDITORY SYSTEMS;

AUDITION;

EID: 0038018368     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(02)00099-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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