Neuropsychological Studies of Musical Timbre

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 999, Issue , 2003, Pages 144-151

  Samson, Séverine ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Musical timbre; Perception

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MUSIC; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; SOUND; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0346938268     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1284.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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