An fMRI study to investigate auditory attention: A model of the cocktail party phenomenon

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-82

  Nakai, Toshiharu ^a   Kato, Chikako ^a,b   Matsuo, Kayako ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI SOZO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory attention; Cocktail party phenomenon; fMRI; Phonological processing; Prosody

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 33644877681     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.4.75     Document Type: Article

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