Hierarchical and asymmetric temporal sensitivity in human auditory cortices

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-395

  Boemio, Anthony ^a   Fromm, Stephen ^b   Braun, Allen ^b   Poeppel, David ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 14544293518     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1409     Document Type: Article

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