Right-hemisphere auditory cortex is dominant for coding syllable patterns in speech

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3958-3965

  Abrams, Daniel A ^a,b   Nicol, Trent ^a   Zecker, Steven ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Cerebral asymmetry; Children; Speech; Speech envelope; Syllable

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION;

AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EAR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 43049168858     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0187-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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