Cortical thickness in congenital amusia: When less is better than more

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 47, 2007, Pages 13028-13032

  Hyde, Krista L ^a,b,e   Lerch, Jason P ^c   Zatorre, Robert J ^a   Griffiths, Timothy D ^d   Evans, Alan C ^a   Peretz, Isabelle ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Congenital amusia; Cortical thickness; MRI; Music; Tone deafness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL AMUSIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSIC; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC;

EID: 36349019849     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3039-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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