Dissociating aspects of temporal and frequency processing: A functional ERP study in humans

Cortex

Volumn 39, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 947-965

  Gibbons, Henning ^a   Brandler, Susanne ^a   Rammsayer, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duration; ERP; Frequency; Temporal processing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRODE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; STANDARD; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0242332250     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70872-4     Document Type: Article

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