Sequential auditory scene analysis is preserved in normal aging adults

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 501-512

  Snyder, Joel S ^a,c   Alain, Claude ^a,b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory cortex; Auditory scene analysis; Dipole source analysis; Event related potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846980455     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj175     Document Type: Article

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