Interactive processing of timbre dimensions: An exploration with event-related potentials

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-64

  Caclin, Anne ^a,b,c,d   McAdams, Stephen ^d,e   Smith, Bennett K ^d,e   Giard, Marie Hélène ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Institut Federatif des Neurosciences   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 38049031664     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20001     Document Type: Article

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