The neurophysiological basis of the auditory continuity illusion: A mismatch negativity study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 747-758

  Micheyl, Christophe ^a   Carlyon, Robert P ^a   Shtyrov, Yury ^a   Hauk, Olaf ^a   Dodson, Tara ^a   Pullvermüller, Friedemann ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038441821     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2003.15.5.747     Document Type: Article

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