Methods for the analysis of auditory processing in the brain

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1016, Issue , 2004, Pages 187-207

  Theunissen, Frédéric E ^a,b   Woolley, Sarah M N ^a   Hsu, Anne ^a   Fremouw, Thane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 3210 Tolman Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation tuning; Modulation transfer function; Reverse correlation; Song selective neurons; Spectro temporal receptive fields

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL SYSTEM; FOWL; HEARING; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SOUND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; PASSERI;

EID: 3242727585     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1298.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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