Tonotopic organization of the human auditory cortex probed with frequency-modulated tones

Hearing Research

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 49-58

  Weisz, Nathan ^a   Wienbruch, Christian ^a   Hoffmeister, Sandra ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

AI , primary auditory cortical field; AIC, Akaike information criterion; AII, secondary auditory cortical field; ANOVA, analysis of variance; CF, characteristic frequency; ECD, equivalent current dipole; FM, frequency modulated; GOF, goodness of fit

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NERVOUS TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOTOPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY CORTEX; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETICS; MALE; NEURONS; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 1942485969     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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