On the detection of auditory deviations: A pre-attentive activation model

Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-257

  Schröger, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Audition; Auditory event related potentials; Auditory sensory memory; Mismatch negativity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MEMORY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SOUND;

EID: 0344026140     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb02395.x     Document Type: Article

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