Memory-based or afferent processes in mismatch negativity (MMN): A review of the evidence

Psychophysiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-32

  Näätänen, Risto ^a,b   Jacobsen, Thomas ^c   Winkler, István ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Helsinki Brain Research Center   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Auditory change; Auditory event related potential (AERP); Feature detector adaptation; Mismatch negativity (MMN); N1

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTOANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 15444374267     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2005.00256.x     Document Type: Review

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