The effects of gender on the neural substrates of pitch memory

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 810-820

  Gaab, Nadine ^a   Keenan, Julian Paul ^b   Schlaug, Gottfried ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PITCH MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; PITCH PERCEPTION; SEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041322624     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892903322370735     Document Type: Article

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