Spectral integration plasticity in cat auditory cortex induced by perceptual training

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 493-509

  Keeling, M Diane ^a   Calhoun, Barbara M ^c   Krüger, Katharina ^b   Polley, Daniel B ^d   Schreiner, Christoph E ^b  

^a North Island College   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Scientific Learning Corporation   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral training; Discrimination; Formants; Frequency tuning; Perception; Plasticity; Primary auditory cortex; Ripple spectrum; Spectral modulation; Speech; Vowels

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 38349093341     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1115-9     Document Type: Article

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