Spatial dissociation of changes of level and signal-to-noise ratio in auditory cortex for tones in noise

NeuroImage

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 321-328

  Ernst, Stephan M A ^a   Verhey, Jesko L ^a   Uppenkamp, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; fMRI; Hearing; Loudness; Masking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53049108298     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.07.046     Document Type: Article

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