Learning-induced plasticity in auditory spatial representations revealed by electrical neuroimaging

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 5474-5483

  Spierer, Lucas ^a   Tardif, Eric ^a   Sperdin, Holger ^a   Murray, Micah M ^a,b   Clarke, Stephanie ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auditory evoked potential (AEP); Electrical brain imaging; Electroencephalography (EEG); Interaural time difference (ITD); Mismatch negativity (MMN); Plasticity; Sound localization; Spatial; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34249101239     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0764-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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